Dr. Lisa Funnell
Award-Winning Author | Media Educator & Consultant | “Dr 007” | Director of Communications, G-Woman Media
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Why the world’s most famous spy continues to shape how we imagine espionage. People often ask me why I continue studying James Bond. It is a fair question. Ian Fleming introduced the character in Casino Royale in 1953, yet more than seventy years later Bond continues to provoke debate. He has been praised as an enduring cultural icon, criticized as a relic of another era, and repeatedly declared irrelevant. Every few years,… Read More
As the final film of the Daniel Craig era, No Time To Die (2021) is deeply referential to Bond tradition. Yet one of its most surprising achievements lies in its treatment of the Bond Girl. Drawing on both the literary and cinematic versions of The Spy Who Loved Me, the film shifts attention away from James Bond and toward the women whose stories have traditionally existed at the margins of the franchise…. Read More
I am thinking about ice, water, and the elemental featured in the No Time To Die (2020) trailers on a frigid day in Oklahoma. I originally posted my thoughts as a Twitter thread and decided to compile them into my first blog post. No Time to Die (2020) trailer There is a strong link between water and femininity across the James Bond series. Water is largely considered to be a feminine element… Read More
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