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Adventureandfunonthehighseasawaitstheseoppressedwomenintheclassicavant-gardefilmfromUlrikeOttinger.Adventureandfunonthehighseascomesatapriceforthisbandofstereotypedwomen,whoansweracalltojoinMadameXonhershipChineseOrlandoandexperiencealifewithoutrulesandpatriarchaltyranny.HoweveroldrolesreassertthemselvesandthewomenfindthemselvesswappingonekindofservitudeforanotherasMadameXdemandscompletedevotionfromhershipmates,eventheonessheisenamouredwith.<br/> Anearlylow-budgetfilmfromrenownedavant-gardefilmmakerOttinger,whoactuallytookallcrewpositionswhileshootinginordertobringheroutlandishvisiontolight.MadameXsubvertstraditionalmodesofnarrativecinemacreatingachallengingandallegoricaltaleoffemaleempowerment.<br/> Inthisextravagantlyaestheticized,postmodernpiratefilmfamous,lesbianfilmmakerUlrikeOttingerappropriatesthemalegenreforfeministallegory.MadameX—thecruel,uncrownedruleroftheChinaseas—promises"gold,love,andadventure"toallwomenwho'llleavetheirhumdrumlivesbehind.Gatheredaboardhership,Orlando,arearangeoftypes:afrumpyhousewife,aglamorousdiva,apsychologist,averyGermanoutdoorswoman,abushpilot,anartist(playedbyYvonneRainer),anda"native"beauty.Theirutopiadevolvesintobetrayalandself-destruction—leadingtoeventualtransformation—asthepowergamesoftheoutsideworldareritualizedamongthewomen.
