1. Thompson is the only critic I have found to actually compare High Heels and Imitation of Life, and he only does so in passing.

2. The character Dominguez is also known as Eduardo (in addition to posing as Lethal). Hence it is also possible that he is masquerading as the judge. There is no stable baseline of identity from which to operate.

3. Morgan discusses the strict distinction between high and low culture in Spanish society (28).

4. David Kehr also noticed the parallels between the narrative of High Heels and the details of the Turner-Crane-Stompanato scandal.

5. Thanks to Chris Holmlund for pointing out to me the fleeting appearance of the racial theme in High Heels .

6. The show aired on October 8, 1992.

7. The parallels between the dialogue in Imitation and High Heels were also noted by Thompson (62).

8. See also the article (cited below) by Kristina Straub for a discussion of the dangers of postmodernism for feminism. break

9. In talking of the "old dream of symmetry," Irigaray is characterizing Freud's constant tendency to imagine female development as parallel to and/or "symmetrical" with that of the male.

10. See also Modleski, 76-89.

11. Though Hutcheon catalogues the objections to the appropriation of post-modernism by feminism, she ultimately rejects that position.

12. Thompson mentions the film noir atmosphere in High Heels (62).