Developing The Title Character

My production of My Sister June is a repeat of one of my projects from the Radio Production I took at Shepherd University.

The creation of the title character is based on femme fatales of the suspense genre and a scorned woman.  The scorned woman I am basing this character on is Jodi Arias.  Femme fatales are women that lure men to their ruin.  Femme fatales is the definition of fatal woman.  During the 1940s and 1950s, the concept of the femme fatales was popular in suspense films. These women were narcissistic wives that manipulated men into killing their husbands.  Barbera Stanwyck's role of Phyllis Diedrichson in Double Indemnity and Lizabeth Scott's Role of Jane Palmer in Too Late For Tears are two of the most noted femme fatales in film. Both characters had men and women killed for their own selfish purposes.  My character of Ralph Wexford knows that June cannot be trusted.  I am making June so mysterious that people can't help but suspect her of a horrible crime.

There is an old saying that says "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". Some women would take revenge against the man that wronged them. Jodi Arias is a real life woman who is currently awaiting sentencing in a murder trial.  She was found guilty of the first-degree mouder of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in 2008.  Jodi became obsessed with Travis during their time together as a couple. Arias was extremely jealous of anyone that could steal Travis from her.  Jodi never took rejection very well and her past relationships before Travis ended because of infidelity.  When Travis broke up with Jodi, his fate was sealed.  She had stalked Travis for many months before killing him.  She is a good example of a woman scorned, which is the trait I am putting into this character. June Wexford is likely to have killed her fiance for cheating on her with another woman, but I won't reveal the ending.