What do you think about the way the problem of the Charly/Samantha split personality is resolved – that is to say, is the ending about resolution or what Purse would call “containment”?

2. Drawing on Lisa Purse’s arguments about action heroines, how would you categorize The Long Kiss Goodnight? Do you think that it conforms to any of these categories, or does the film and Geena Davis performance move between these categories (and why)? What do you think about the way the problem of the Charly/Samantha split personality is resolved – that is to say, is the ending about resolution or what Purse would call “containment”?

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