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The essay explores the emotional and political valence of melodramatic storytelling in Steven Soderbergh’s  Erin Brockovich . It uses the analytical tools of cognitive film theory to explore the ways in which  Erin Brockovich  employs affective appeals to engage viewers in its melodramatic representation of a historical case of environmental injustice. Not only are viewers encouraged to empathically share the characters’ feelings of pain, fear, and anxiety about economic and environmental risks and hazards, they are also invited to get sympathetically invested in the protagonist’s struggle to reduce her own suffering and that of others she has learned to care for. As a melodramatic narrative that also provides a good amount of comic relief,  Erin Brockovich  promotes both alignment and allegiance with its morally righteous heroine, thereby encouraging viewers to share her activist stance in cases of environmental injustice that affect the suffering bodies of others.

Melodrama, Emotion, and Environmental Advocacy: A Cognitive Approach to Erin Brockovich