In “‘Sniffing out a Psycho’: An Analysis of Bisexual Representation in Killing Eve”, Heather Salter Dromm analyses bisexual erasure and the doubling of the detective figure, Eve Polastri, and the criminal femme fatale figure, Villanelle, in the television series Killing Eve. Salter Dromm reads Killing Eve through the lens of the Vito Russo Test and Kenji Yoshino’s theory on the epistemic contract of bisexual erasure; she also applies the Nietzschean concept of trying (and often failing) not to become the very thing one hates, which, Salter Dromm argues, happens to Eve as she becomes more like Villanelle in each successive episode. Salter Dromm also explores the notion of queer baiting within the show with a major focus on the ways in which queer archetypes are reconstructed not only to provide a bisexual representation that is sadly lacking on television, but also to enchant and seduce an inclusive audience. Salter Dromm further explores Freudian stereotypes and the stereotypes of “the duped detective”, “the rich bitch”, “the double agent”, and “the irredeemable monster”. Finally, Salter Dromm draws on Luke Jennings’ original Villanelle novels, which provided inspiration for the television show, in order to explore the representative politics of bisexuality in literary form and to discuss opportunities for better representational possibilities which the show has missed.

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“Sniffing Out a Psycho”: An Analysis of Bisexual Representation in Killing Eve

  • Heather Salter Dromm

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In “‘Sniffing out a Psycho’: An Analysis of Bisexual Representation in Killing Eve”, Heather Salter Dromm analyses bisexual erasure and the doubling of the detective figure, Eve Polastri, and the criminal femme fatale figure, Villanelle, in the television series Killing Eve. Salter Dromm reads Killing Eve through the lens of the Vito Russo Test and Kenji Yoshino’s theory on the epistemic contract of bisexual erasure; she also applies the Nietzschean concept of trying (and often failing) not to become the very thing one hates, which, Salter Dromm argues, happens to Eve as she becomes more like Villanelle in each successive episode. Salter Dromm also explores the notion of queer baiting within the show with a major focus on the ways in which queer archetypes are reconstructed not only to provide a bisexual representation that is sadly lacking on television, but also to enchant and seduce an inclusive audience. Salter Dromm further explores Freudian stereotypes and the stereotypes of “the duped detective”, “the rich bitch”, “the double agent”, and “the irredeemable monster”. Finally, Salter Dromm draws on Luke Jennings’ original Villanelle novels, which provided inspiration for the television show, in order to explore the representative politics of bisexuality in literary form and to discuss opportunities for better representational possibilities which the show has missed.