Pursuing a feminist theme, though – put-upon womankind versus the thrusting, overbearing male – now seems, dare I say it, passé.
I was chief songwriter, and my lyrics were meant to be humorous, with a vaguely feminist theme.
While Scott's settings in Thelma and Louise (1991) were no less notable, the film's lead characters and feminist theme were the focus of critical attention, and he received an Academy Award nomination for his work.
Continuing with the feminist theme: there's a sense of outrage that builds in the reader at the forced cloistering of women, and that feeling seems to be one that you share — in your prologue, you point out that "these women have been forgotten and silent for so long".
It's great that... there's a strident feminist theme here, with Antony declaring: "I am among a group of artists... who reject patriarchy in its myriad virulent and apocalyptic manifestations, and who advocate a fundamental shift towards the feminine in all our systems.
Shortly before Delaney's play opened, moreover, Ann Jellicoe's The Sport of My Mad Mother was staged at the Royal Court; it was set in cockney London, and had a powerful feminist theme (Jellicoe would go on to have a huge hit with her 1962 play, The Knack).
