‘daddy’ reworking tropes, from film ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’. These tropes had an early impact on me.The eponymous Jane is striving to stay youthful.The title and repetition of Daddy is a finger point at the patriarchy.

Experimenting with archival footage of women in the spotlight and the idea that women, despite being glorified in the spotlight, generally remain in the shadows.

‘torch- er’ reworking trope from Hitchcocks ‘The Birds’ it plays on the idea that Tippi Hedren was subjected to the sudden attack of the birds whilst filming the scene. Hitchcock was known for his misogynistic often punishing attitude towards his female actors.

Playing with an exert from the film ‘Brigadoon’ with Cyd Charries dancing with Gene Kelly and many meanings of ‘red rag’..