
Boar Arts editor Sophia Stanford and writer Margot Johnston return for a discussion with Boar Film editor Frank Evans on the 'Cool Girl' trope. The Cool Girl is a male filmmaking invention, a stock female characters that engages in stereotypically male pursuits (eating junk food, watching sports, drinking beer, playing video games) whilst remaining effortlessly beautiful. If you're interested in a conversation touching upon the most blatant examples of the trope, Gillian Flynn's analysis of the Cool Girl in her novel Gone Girl and ways in which this trope can be challenged and subverted, listen in.