The tiny but vital detail you probably missed in Netflix’s Rebecca

, the late Rebecca is described as “an animal, a devil, a snake, ‘vicious, damnable, rotten through and through’. She’s destroyed because of her poisonous sexuality, what The Daily Mail might euphemistically call her ‘lifestyle’.

Daphne du Maurier adaptations: Rebecca: Armie Hammer as Maxim de Winter, Lily James as Mrs. de Winter.is largely ignored by Netflix’s adaptation. Once again, the new Mrs de Winter forgives Maxim for murdering his late wife. Once again, she is so relieved to learn he didn’t love Rebecca that she fails to question his motives.Despite this, though, Wheatley has included a nod to feminist critics’ reading ofWe’re talking, of course, about James’ tight little gasp early on in the film.

Cue a close-up shot of James’ eyes widening in shock as she realises what she’s staring at: a blissfully unaware couple having sex on a yacht. And then? Well, then she lets out a gasp of shock and disgust and lust.It’s a blink and you’ll miss it moment but one that serves as a reminder that the main thrust of this film – and Rebecca’s story – is largely about how society views women.

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