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Illustrations 1. Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) in Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994). 13 2. Cleo (Queen Latifah), Frankie (Vivica Fox), Stony (Jada Pinkett), and Tisean (Kimberly Elise) in Set It Off (Gray, 1996). 83 3. Cleo in Set It Off. 85 4. Cleo, Tisean, Frankie, and Stony in Set It Off. 88 5. Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) in Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997). 6. Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) in Jackie Brown. 105 7. Jackie in Jackie Brown. 8. Max Cherry (Robert Forster) in Jackie Brown. 113 9. Louis Gara (Robert De Niro) and Melanie Ralston (Bridget Fonda) in Jackie Brown. 116 10. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back to the Future (Zemeckis, 1985). 129 11. Left to right: Jo (Daphne Zuniga), Alison (Courtney Thorne-Smith), Jake (Grant Show), Jane (Josie Bisset), Billy (Andrew Shue), Matt (Doug Savant), Michael (Thomas Calabro), and Rhonda (Vanessa Williams) in Melrose Place (Fox, 1992–99). 140 12. Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), Anthony, Jr. (Robert Iler), and Carmela (Edie Falco) in The Sopranos (HBO, 1999–present). 155 13. “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero (Vincent Pastore), Tony Soprano, Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), Paulie “Walnuts” Gaultieri (Tony Sirico), Hesh Rabkin (Jerry Adler), Silvio Dante (Steven van Zandt), and Furio Giunta (Federico Castelluccio) in The Sopranos. 165 14. Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) in The Sopranos. 178 15. Spike (James Marsters), Anya (Emma Caulfield), Tara (Amber Benson), Rupert Giles (Anthony S. Head), Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Xander (Nicholas Brendon), and Willow (Alyson Hannigan) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB, 1997–2001; UPN, 2001–03). 186 16. Tara and Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 189 xi 104 108 ...

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