Review: Feud Is a Bonfire of Vain Biddies

Mar 05, 2017, 06:32 AM

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Hollywood hasn't budged far from its history. At the Oscars, performers still pantomime the same old emotional beats--giddy shock for the winners, magnanimous gravity for the losers. Industry reputations, once cemented, are nigh impossible to shake off (ask any female actor deemed "annoying"). And while the characters in FX's new miniseries Feud: Bette and Joan dream of a future where women in showbiz will have power, full equality today still seems far away.