Jane Campion

After reading the chapter on “the Piano” by Jane Campion, I was a little surprised to learn that when it came out, it was categorized as a “chick flick”. The reason for my astonishment was that before reading that chapter, I would have never classified that movie as a chick flick. I thought it was a sad and kind of dark movie, certainly not light and fluffy, as I normally classify chick flicks. I also found it interesting that “the Piano” was such a big deal during the time it came out. Indeed, I had heard many of the movies and clips that parody and refer to the movie "the Piano", but I had no idea what they were talking about having never before seen the movie.