Women Behind Bars

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Women Behind Bars is a campy, satirical off-Broadway play that parodies 1950s women-in-prison exploitation films.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf camp play
stage play
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformedIn New York City NERFINISHED
genre camp
parody
satire
hasSetting women's prison
hasStyle camp humor
exaggerated melodrama
parodic pastiche
hasTheme abuse of power
exploitation
gender roles
incarceration
social satire
inspiredBy 1950s exploitation cinema
women-in-prison film genre
intendedTone comic
satirical
mainSubject women in prison
medium stage
narrativeFocus corrupt prison authorities
female prisoners
originalLanguage English
parodies 1950s women-in-prison exploitation films
productionType live theatre
theatricalTradition off-Broadway NERFINISHED

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Tom Eyen notableWork Women Behind Bars