jpNotorious (2009) presents itself as a story of redemption, but beneath the estate-approved mythmaking lies a protagonist whose behavior grows increasingly abusive, exploitative, and self-serving, while the film repeatedly asks audiences to celebrate him as a redeemed icon.
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The Myth of Late-Stage Redemption: Hagiography, Misogyny, and Character Regression in Notorious (2009)
The musical biopic genre frequently relies on a standardized, rise-and-fall formula to craft narratives of secular canonization. George Tillman Jr.’s Notorious (2009) attempts to execute this parad…