According to this theory, it is not that scarlet things resemble one another because they are scarlet, but what makes them scarlet is that they resemble one another.
"I think NC-17 is a badge of honour, not a scarlet letter.
But I also believe there must be ways to ease this transitional period, and to help other people understand that PTSD is not a "scarlet letter" but a badge of honor.
It's a cheap effect, because Lily is not a scarlet woman (or even a rebel) in her own mind, and even those who tarnish her reputation know it.
(Acorn Media, Blu-ray $59.99, DVD $49.99, not rated) SCARLET STREET Fritz Lang's 1945 romance noir, with Edward G. Robinson as an amateur painter who falls under the exploitative influence of a woman of doubtful virtue (Joan Bennett) and her, um, "fiancé" (Dan Duryea), here in a Blu-ray upgrade transferred from an impeccable 35-millimeter print from the Library of Congress.
Wayne Scott, AB'86, AM'89, knows from painful experience that an A is not a scarlet letter around here—an F is.
Wayne Scott, AB'86, AM'89, knows from painful experience that an A is not a scarlet letter around here--an F is. "His love was the University of Chicago and the Archdiocese of Chicago.
"I think NC-17 is a badge of honor, not a scarlet letter," Steve Giulia, co-head of the studio, recently told The Hollywood Reporter.
But whether or not what makes scarlet tropes scarlet tropes is that they resemble each other, scarlet tropes do resemble each other.
