“Bye Bye Blondie”: Béatrice, the Bérus, and a Good Slap in the Face
It was March 27, 2012, the day I stepped into the cinema where they were screening “Bye Bye Blondie.” Like many, I had been waiting patiently for the new film by Virginie Despentes. The theater was empty, and I had read some truly vile and frankly insulting reviews of the film—particularly in Le Nouvel Observateur, to name names. “Bye Bye