Ms Kathleen's Review

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Bettie, who is still alive, abruptly disappeared into a life devoted to Jesus and has been resolutely private about her life since. But she was never apologetic about her career choices. Harron respects this; “It was only after Adam and Eve sinned that they had to put clothes on,” is Page’s attitude at the end of the film when she is passing out church pamphlets in the park.

And that in a nutshell was the fascinating life of Bettie Page. She did not know she was involved in what society and religion considered to be sin until society and religion placed their guilt and their sinful thoughts over on to her. People who campaign against ‘smut’ usually do so because of their own sinful thoughts. It is so much easier to point the finger at others and to place the blame on the ills of society than it is to come to terms with one's own sexuality.

The government succeeded in closing down Irving Klaw. They won the battle but lost the war when it comes to fetish恋物 — a strong sexual focus on one thing-oriented erotica. Klaw burned most of his photos but his sister saved about twenty percent and those pictures have been viewed by millions of people through the Internet. And Bettie Page is more notorious than ever.