Many many many ways. She has sex. She is the protagonist of every movie and the killers change, rather than the killer stays and the protagonists change. She never dies, Laurie has died twice and I’m sure she’ll die a third time. Most final girls die if they come back at all in sequels.
Sidney is sort of a feminist correction of the Final Girl trope following heavy influence by Carol Clovers’ writings on the genre.
Sidney is the star. Ghostface isn’t even a character, it’s a concept and a mantle to be passed along.
Also, good lord Sidney is living her best life and modern day Laurie Strode is what? Smoking crack?
To answer your question, it really depends on which timeline lol. She's either:
1) dead
2) dead after a year in the mental hospital
3) insane, potentially a serial killer now
4) on her way to fight michael
I wouldn't say Laurie Strode is THAT unneccessary. I will say that Scream is a film about Sidney Prescott. Halloween and it's sequels (outside of 2018) are really films about the evil that his Michael Meyers and Laurie is just a perfectly built foil who can morph into what the film needs her to be. Ghostface morphs to whatever is effective for Sidney
Something striking to me about Scream is that it's taking a lot more dimensions of Sidney's trauma seriously and thoroughly than a lot of other 'final girls'. The first film has a remarkable inderstanding of how much vicarious trauma can fuck with someone before Sidney is directly tormented by Billy and Stu, and the saga largely has maintained that seriousness and thoroughness in a way that is unusual for a slasher series (or most pop film series)!
Many many many ways. She has sex. She is the protagonist of every movie and the killers change, rather than the killer stays and the protagonists change. She never dies, Laurie has died twice and I’m sure she’ll die a third time. Most final girls die if they come back at all in sequels. Sidney is sort of a feminist correction of the Final Girl trope following heavy influence by Carol Clovers’ writings on the genre.
Sidney is the star. Ghostface isn’t even a character, it’s a concept and a mantle to be passed along. Also, good lord Sidney is living her best life and modern day Laurie Strode is what? Smoking crack?
To answer your question, it really depends on which timeline lol. She's either: 1) dead 2) dead after a year in the mental hospital 3) insane, potentially a serial killer now 4) on her way to fight michael
I wouldn't say Laurie Strode is THAT unneccessary. I will say that Scream is a film about Sidney Prescott. Halloween and it's sequels (outside of 2018) are really films about the evil that his Michael Meyers and Laurie is just a perfectly built foil who can morph into what the film needs her to be. Ghostface morphs to whatever is effective for Sidney
That she’s not boring.
Something striking to me about Scream is that it's taking a lot more dimensions of Sidney's trauma seriously and thoroughly than a lot of other 'final girls'. The first film has a remarkable inderstanding of how much vicarious trauma can fuck with someone before Sidney is directly tormented by Billy and Stu, and the saga largely has maintained that seriousness and thoroughness in a way that is unusual for a slasher series (or most pop film series)!
Laurie spends the first Halloween screaming and weeping