"Ms. Satana’s portrayal of Varla as a brazenly violent but unapologetically feminine woman who frequently upbraids the men who dare to ogle her—when a gas-station attendant tells her he believes in 'seeing America first,' Varla replies, 'You won’t find it down there, Columbus!'—earned her a cult following that endured long after the drive-in era. In later decades, the influence of Ms. Satana’s no-nonsense attitude could be seen in pop-cultural artifacts ranging from 'Xena, Warrior Princess' to Quentin Tarantino’s 'Kill Bill' movies."
Dave Itzkoff in The New York Times reports the death of Tura Satana.
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