The Codes of Gender: Identity and Performance in Pop Culture and Miss Representation‚ women face many obstacles in today’s society‚ such as objectification and scrutinization. Media illustrates and reinforces these issues by portraying women as subordinate sexual objects for a man’s pleasure. Codes of gender breaks down the methods in which photography portrays the subordinate female. In Miss Representation‚ we see the analysis of the hypersexualized objectified female.
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On May 11th 2017 I went to see Miss Julie performed at Shaking The Tree Theater in in Southeast Portland. Miss Julie is a drama adapted by Craig Lucas and directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe‚ who also was the scenic designer. The show revolved around a cast of three‚ the character Miss Julie was performed by Beth Thompson‚ her lustful lover Jean who was played by Matthew Kerrigan and his fiance Kristine who was performed by Kelly Godell. In this analysis I will be discussing the performance of the
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Song: "We met as soul mates" The soldiers were enthusiastic‚ buddies‚ and hopeful for a better life. "We left as inmates‚ from an asylum" The soldiers dreams/ideas of heroism‚ and valour were completely wrong "And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives" The soldiers thought they’d be heroes‚ that when they came back‚ they would be revered as fighters for freedom. "And WE were sharp; as sharp as knives" "And THEY were sharp; As sharp as knives" Equalizes America and Vietnam. Both were as
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Miss Representation! ! Miss Representation is a documentary that was released in the year 2011. This documentary discusses and presents views on the representation of women in media and its effects on women and men in our society. A few statements that were printed in the documentary were that women in modern days are represented weaker than men‚ are not “interesting enough” to have protagonist roles and are often presented as sexual objects to appeal men. The documentary stats that eventually the
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about Alicia Machado in regards to her weight and beauty. According to the editor of the political cartoon‚ Francoise Mouly‚ Trump “called [Alicia] “Miss Piggy” when she gained weight after [her] pageant” (Mouly). In response of the derogatory comments made about Machado‚ The New Yorker featured Trump in this political cartoon with the title‚ “Miss Congeniality”‚ written on Trump’s sash. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ Congeniality means “affinity of genius or disposition; agreeableness
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novel “The Great Expectations”. But when you consider the fact this character is referred to as Miss Havisham in the novel Great Expectations‚ the titles takes on an interesting new twist. The missing “Miss” has an intriguing effects. First‚ it takes Miss Havisham’s gender out of the picture. When we read the title‚ we can’t be sure this is the Havisham we’re familiar with. Second‚ by leaving out “Miss”‚ Duffy is drawing attention to the fact that Havisham is her maiden name. She hasn’t taken on her
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relationships‚ the most important ones though are Pips relationship with Joe and Miss Havisham’s relationship with Compeyson. Great Expectations shows that relationships will be destroyed when people care more about money than people. When Pip first begins to gain money and raise into a higher social class he begins to feel like he is better than Joe and ashamed of Joe. Near the beginning of the book after meeting with Miss Havisham and Joe Pip says this "It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed
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“you can’t do that because you are not a boy”. It never occurred to me that the media has a hand in this way of society’s thinking. At the end of watching Miss Representation the viewer will actually feel that the media is the primary reason for undermining the growth of women in the United States. Jennifer Siebel Newsom‚ the director of Miss Representation‚ does an excellent job to convince her audience that women need to be portrayed as more than just pretty objects in the media. She does this
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Nondiegetic music of the Doors in the scene waiting in Saigon Sound plays a significant part in all movies and one of the most interesting of all the sound techniques would be the use of nondiegetic music. In the movie Apocalypse Now‚ there is a double disc soundtrack with thirty tracks on it. The one song on there that has the most meaning would The Doors song "The End". This song not only set the mood for the scene waiting in Saigon and the move as a whole but is also used to foreshadow the
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