1963: Call Me Bwana

Edie Adams as "Frederica Larson..."

A secret agent sent to protect bungling Bob...

Fred Larson to the rescue!

Good Mama shoo-ing the bad boys away...

Babyboy Bob letting his Mama know he likes the way she takes care of him...

With Hope captured, hanging helplessly upside down, Frederica is like a little boy's Mom who's come to rescue him from the bullies... Her Motherly projection is further reinforced when she "shoos" away the men she beats up, and then with Bob's blatant desire to nuzzle against her nurturing bosom... Frederica Larson is an anticipation of Honey West, in that the Action Heroine is Womanly rather than Girly, Voluptuous rather than Lithe... Honor Blackman's "Catherine Gale" falls into this Maternal Heroine category as well, and her replacement by Emma Peel signaled the shift to the sleeker Heroines of the mid to late 60s, such as the svelte April Dancer... But early 60s Action Heroine sensibility was to envision Marilyn Monroe as a judo expert, and Frederica Larson fits the bill, with American Mom and apple pie-wholesomeness mixed in for good measure...

Archetype(s): SpyFemme - Heroine

Paraphilia(s): Biastophilia ; Ephebophilia ; Flesh Fetish: Breasts ; Judophilia

Anita Ekberg as "Luba..."

Getting Bob all excited about going on safari together...

Giving a back rub while pilfering microfilm...

Luba is the Bad Girl, contrasting Frederica's Good Girl, and in this movie, whether she's good or bad, the Girl has Big Breasts... That the Bad Girl has Bigger Breasts reveals the seductiveness of Evil... Between Bwana and Road to Hong Kong, Bob Hope pretty much mapped out how spy spoofs were going to proceed for the 60s... An inept man encountering overwhelming beauties, with the Bad Girls European or Slavic, and the Good Girls American... No matter the side, all SpyFemmes are experts in male manipulation and Female Subterfuge... While much is made of James Bond as the Ideal Man, what makes the spy genre so fascinating is how empowered SpyFemmes are, either in spoofs or straight action... Unlike Westerns or War Movies, where Women are clearly secondary / subordinate / ineffectual,  the SpyWorld provides equal footing, since cunning is more valued than brute strength, and cunning is a Femme Specialty... In Bwana Hope is actually ahead of Bond in presenting Powerful Women, as both Frederica & Luba, while clearly sex objects, have more responsibility and action compared to Honey Rider or Tatiana Romanova in the 1st 2 Bond movies of '62 & '63... Not until Pussy Galore in '64 is a Bond Girl an actual threat to be superior to a man... In Bwana Hope is fundamentally inferior to the Lead Women...

Archetype(s): SpyFemme

Paraphilia(s): Dupetophilia