Fan Casting Esmeralda in Daniel Waters' Catwoman

The bespectacled, whistle-blowing floor manager of Frank’s Fun Palace, Esmeralda internalized every rule her male bosses wrote and now enforces them with droning pleasure. She fines women for exposed uniform flaws and calls Selina “Amnesia Girl.” Yet when the Catwomen rise, Esmeralda joins them—tiara and all—tearing down beauty-pageant banners with unhinged glee.