CALL HER NATASHA WHEN SHE LOOKS LIKE ELSIE:

…Marlowe’s problem is that he tries to wield women’s inscrutability for
dramatic effect. His men do unexpected things because they’re tormented, or
heroic, or power-mad, and unpacking his men’s little mysteries will yield
interesting conclusions about torment, heroism, and lust for power. Isabella and
Zenocrate are mysterious, but reflecting on their little mysteries will just
leave you thinking, “Oh, women.” …Trying to make your tragic women
clear the larger-than-life bar by using their feminine mystique (ooh,
enigmatic!) is weird and disconcerting.

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