Tvshowanalysis
Name: Shenade Belcon
Title: “The Walking Dead”
Although The Walking Dead series is over four years old, it may well be the case that some of the characteristics and representations of women still apply. Is Walking Dead guilty of showing weak representations of women? Does it portray characters in such a way that they are barely seen as strong and independent as the men? If not, are the portrayals actually positive or negative in a different way than what The Walking Dead Shows? What is the effect on viewers and what are the larger cultural implications?
The 2010 show directed by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard, follows the lives of citizens of Georgia, where there has been a zombie apocalypse. The series centres a group of people fighting off zombies to secure their lives.
The Walking Dead AMC series shows the characterizations of the women; their choices and their actions. The show has received significant criticism for its paternalistic attitude, its throwback gender roles, and its lack of strong, capable female characters. Though the current season (season 5) has made some positive changes with the greater development of Maggie, Carol and Michonne, a lot is left to be desired. As regular viewer of the sometimes flawed, but overall intelligent and compelling graphic series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard; it is my duty to show you what you’re missing by explaining how the women of The Walking Dead TV series are portrayed. It will become clear that the negative and weak representations of women are conscious, deliberate choices that the writers of the show have made in a departure from the original source material of the comic series.
Lori Grimes is a main character and survivor of the outbreak in the AMC’s The Walking Dead. She is the wife of Rick Grimes and mother of Carl and Judith. Believing Rick to be dead, she joined Shane (Rick’s best friend) to Atlanta, and counted on him to keep her and Carl safe. Lori is a strong,
Title: “The Walking Dead”
Although The Walking Dead series is over four years old, it may well be the case that some of the characteristics and representations of women still apply. Is Walking Dead guilty of showing weak representations of women? Does it portray characters in such a way that they are barely seen as strong and independent as the men? If not, are the portrayals actually positive or negative in a different way than what The Walking Dead Shows? What is the effect on viewers and what are the larger cultural implications?
The 2010 show directed by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard, follows the lives of citizens of Georgia, where there has been a zombie apocalypse. The series centres a group of people fighting off zombies to secure their lives.
The Walking Dead AMC series shows the characterizations of the women; their choices and their actions. The show has received significant criticism for its paternalistic attitude, its throwback gender roles, and its lack of strong, capable female characters. Though the current season (season 5) has made some positive changes with the greater development of Maggie, Carol and Michonne, a lot is left to be desired. As regular viewer of the sometimes flawed, but overall intelligent and compelling graphic series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard; it is my duty to show you what you’re missing by explaining how the women of The Walking Dead TV series are portrayed. It will become clear that the negative and weak representations of women are conscious, deliberate choices that the writers of the show have made in a departure from the original source material of the comic series.
Lori Grimes is a main character and survivor of the outbreak in the AMC’s The Walking Dead. She is the wife of Rick Grimes and mother of Carl and Judith. Believing Rick to be dead, she joined Shane (Rick’s best friend) to Atlanta, and counted on him to keep her and Carl safe. Lori is a strong,