'Camping': Jennifer Garner's Kathryn might be the perfect anti-heroine of the #MeToo era
No one likes a woman who isn't what they expect her to be. Be it Annaliese Keating ('How to Get Away With Murder'), Claire Underwood ('House of Cards'), or the infamous Cersei Lannister ('Game of Thrones') who has been addressed as the "B***h" of Westeros ever since the first season, they are disliked for not being likable enough. Yet, none of these women are the villains of the stories. Neither are they good enough to be considered as heroes. All of these women straddle the thin line between being the hero and being the villain, and their dubious position makes them the anti-heroines.
Jenni Konner and Lena Dunham's 'Camping' has brought forth yet another anti-heroine who is probably the most misjudged of them all. Kathryn, who is played by Jennifer Garner, is an obsessively controlling woman who "plans" on having fun at the weekend camping trip arranged for her husband Walt's (played by David Tennant) 45th birthday. Unfortunately, Kathryn isn't really the one who has fun in a conventional way. She likes to plan things out and stick to the itinerary, and would under no circumstance like to deviate from her plan of action. However, all of this certainly does not qualify her as the "free-spirited" one- a trait very much evident in the foil character, Jandice, played by Juliette Lewis.
