Nancy is often referred to as the 'sweet girl' of Sin City. She is an exotic dancer dressed as a cowgirl who appears in many stories as she attracts many characters to a popular location in the books and films: Kadies Bar. After being targeted by a pedophile when she was eleven, who was the son of a corrupt senator and therefore his crimes were being ignored by a corrupt police force, honest cop Hartigan saved her on his last day and was framed for her rape, (for shooting the senators pedophile son). He spent eight years in prison and she remained ever grateful for his sacrifice to keep her safe.
When she was targeted again for revenge on Hartigan by the same pedophile, he gave his life to save her.
Though she appears scared and emotional, "I swore if I ever saw you again I'd show you I grew up strong, but there I was just like before scared and helpless" her confidence is obvious. She is friendly and often befriends the big thug Marv for his protection against 'handsy' customers of Kadies.
As she is set to appear in Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For original material is being written by Miller that focus' her as the lead of her own story (A first for Sin City) that will tell the story of her quest for revenge against the Senator and to clear Hartigans name.
Nancy is often portrayed as weak and in need of the men's assistance, but by the looks of Sin City 2 she will change the cards by having a story similar to Marv's in The Hard Goodbye. This would make a more interesting character than how she has been previously portrayed, and emotional as her story can still be she would demonstrate a capability to be independent and have a cause for justice, which I think is far better than the original Nancy.
Her costume is fairly unique in Sin City, though traits of westerns are hinted at (long coats, saloons,) no body but Nancy on stage directly dresses as a cowboy/girl. An iconic costume is also something (as well as having a female protagonist that is physically strong and demands justice) something I would take as inspiration for my own character, if a female is the root I take. As there are none as of yet in Sin City, I think this would be effective if I am able to pull it of like they can still exist in this sexist world.
"She's the symbol of Sin City, the cowgirl. When you go into this bar in Sin City, you stumble into a saloon with all these losers lounging around, and the place is full of smoke, and they haven't cleaned it in years. you look around and you expect to see some disgusting show on the stage, and then an angel comes out dancing. That's really the heart of Sin City, and Nancy is it's symbol."
- Frank Miller - Sin City: The Making of the Movie - p220
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