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In It Wasn't Love, Benning illustrates a lustful encounter with
a Bad Girl, through the gender posturing and genre interplay
of Hollywood stereotypes: posing for the camera as a rebel, the
platinum blonde, the gangster, the 50's crooner, and the heavy
lidded vamp. Cigarette poses, romantic slow dancing, and fast-action
heavy-metal street shots propel the viewer through the story of
the love affair. Benning's video goes farther than romantic fantasy
describing other facets of physical attraction including fear,
violence, lust, guilt, and total excitement. As she puts it, It
Wasn't Love, But It Was Something it was a chance to feel glamorous,
sexy, and famous all at the same time.
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