Catwoman’s Astrology: From Eartha Kitt To Zoë Kravitz

Like the halftime diva at the Superbowl, Catwoman tends to be the main attraction of most Batman movies. Intractable, incorrigible, and ever-alluring, Gotham’s great siren always provides a break from the grim, aggro proceedings. As embodied by seven actresses over 55 years onscreen, Catwoman’s identity has proven mercurial: Is she Eartha Kitt’s white-collar material girl; Michelle Pfeiffer’s goth Lilith; or Zoë Kravitz’s slick cat burglar, as seen in the latest iteration The Batman? “Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest,” critic Camille Paglia writes in Sexual Personae. “They are both amoral and immoral, consciously breaking rules.” Like her archetypal totem, Catwoman… Read Full Article