Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' and the 'girlboss-ification' of Anna Delvey

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Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' and the 'girlboss-ification' of Anna Delvey
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Anna Chlumsky, whose character in “Inventing Anna” is based on the real-life journalist whose article inspired the series, shares what she hopes viewers will take away from the show.

“The only thing worth a dime in here is her,” says Anna Delvey , champagne glass in hand, pointing blithely to one of real-life artist Cindy Sherman’s untitled film stills. “Before this series, Sherman was just another photographer hiding behind the lens. Then, one day, she steps into her own frame, considers herself to be worthy. Rather than being forced into a role in the male-dominated art world, she takes a leading role in her work. And it changes the world.

And while Delvey’s whiteness — a quality that seems essential to how far her cons were able to go — is barely interrogated, her gender is ever-present. This is not surprising, Balleisen told me, as the coverage of female scammers tends to “evoke enduring themes of plucky self-invention, as well as the difficulty of distinguishing admirable self-promotion from contemptible misrepresentation and deceit.” “Every day men do far worse things than anything I’ve allegedly done.

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