Before
there was Sarah Palin, there was Emily Csendes, a local State Senate
candidate of questionable qualifications campaigning for office in Running in High Heels.
In Maryann Breschard’s documentary on women, power, and politics, Emily
begins her quest in confident shape, proudly proclaiming that hers is
the most well run campaign in Manhattan and bragging about her long
hair, “Hair is like money. You can never have too
much.” After being grilled and questioned by tough New
Yorkers with whom she struggles to connect, she switches tactics and
focuses her campaign solely on preparation for a live television debate
and cuts her long hair and revises her wardrobe. If one
thinks Sarah Palin campaign was a singular event, then this film - shot
prior to Palin’s arrival on the national scene - is a
must-see.
In an enlightening mix of interviews and narrative, Running in High Heels
endeavors to explain how women can be the majority of the population at
fifty-two percent but remain a minority in the sphere of political
power and explores the psychological dynamics of what makes women give
or withhold political support. Intercut with Emily’s story are
interviews with notable women from the right and left of America’s
political spectrum, ranging from Phyllis Schlafly to Rosalind Wiseman,
whose work on the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules with
which girls (and women) deal became the basis for the movie “Mean
Girls”.
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