A small mask with one rough black half and one smooth pink half.

Original artwork, not a still

Lydia

Gerry! I’m a woman! We don’t say what we want! But we do reserve the right to be pissed off if we don’t get it. It’s the thing that makes us fascinating! And not a little bit scary.

— Sliding Doors • 1998

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims that women do not state their wants yet feel entitled to be angry when those wants go unmet. She frames this contradiction as part of their appeal, adding, with self-aware humour, that it also makes them a little frightening.

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