Mad Max And Feminism Movement
“Mad Max” is a new action film that came out recently and everyone seems to be talking about it. Jay Chatterjee wrote an article called “New ‘Mad Max’ is High-Octane Feminist Action” stating his views on this film. James Sakai wrote an article called “On Fury Road, Action Is True, but Feminism Is More Talk than Walk” explain how he feels about this film. Both of these writers have different opinion about this film and it revolves around the concept of feminism. Chatterjee believes this film does a good job of portraying the concept of feminism and Sakai claims this movie comes nowhere close to feminism.
Chatterjee first starts his article by explaining how well the action sequences are carried out throughout the film and the directors do
a good job of grabbing the audience’s attention. Then he goes into the concept of feminism by telling the readers about Furiosa, who is the lead actress in this film, and how she is the hero in this film because she constantly saved Max from risky situations. He described her as “strong, independent, and driven” (par 5). Chatterjee also talks about another scene in the film where all the wife’s get together and “break free of confines and work alongside of Furiosa and Max to find freedom” (par 7). This shows how the women are willing to stand up for themselves and fight for their rights, which displays the concept of feminism.
Sakai on the other hand does not believe this film reveals feminism at all. In fact one of the first thing he claims is that just because this film passes the Bechdel Test does not make this film about feminism (par 5). After watching his film he believes the women were presented as “breeders and scandalously clad objects” (par5), which is not what feminism is about. He described the wife’s as being “Joes sex slaves” (par 5). Sakai says that the women in this film were not representation of women in the real world and everything seemed to be exaggerated. He does admit there were hints of feminism here and there but overall he believes that “Furiosa and the Wives would not survive without Max” (par 7).
It is really interesting to see how both of these authors have complete different perspective about the same film. Neither of these authors are right or wrong because everyone is entitled to their opinion but this allows the reader to understand the different viewpoints of people.
Chatterjee first starts his article by explaining how well the action sequences are carried out throughout the film and the directors do
a good job of grabbing the audience’s attention. Then he goes into the concept of feminism by telling the readers about Furiosa, who is the lead actress in this film, and how she is the hero in this film because she constantly saved Max from risky situations. He described her as “strong, independent, and driven” (par 5). Chatterjee also talks about another scene in the film where all the wife’s get together and “break free of confines and work alongside of Furiosa and Max to find freedom” (par 7). This shows how the women are willing to stand up for themselves and fight for their rights, which displays the concept of feminism.
Sakai on the other hand does not believe this film reveals feminism at all. In fact one of the first thing he claims is that just because this film passes the Bechdel Test does not make this film about feminism (par 5). After watching his film he believes the women were presented as “breeders and scandalously clad objects” (par5), which is not what feminism is about. He described the wife’s as being “Joes sex slaves” (par 5). Sakai says that the women in this film were not representation of women in the real world and everything seemed to be exaggerated. He does admit there were hints of feminism here and there but overall he believes that “Furiosa and the Wives would not survive without Max” (par 7).
It is really interesting to see how both of these authors have complete different perspective about the same film. Neither of these authors are right or wrong because everyone is entitled to their opinion but this allows the reader to understand the different viewpoints of people.