Christy Nailling Cinema 123 Professor Peterson 29 May 2013 Women in American Cinema Women have made an incredible impact on American Cinema with their talents and roles making worldwide history. Women have been central to the film industry since its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Female stardom was an essential component of the rise of the industry‚ though many of these women were celebrated more for their appearances than for their acting ability. While the popularity
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In the film Titanic‚ women are seen as below men and are told what to do by men. Women are deemed as helpless without the support of a man‚ which the main character‚ Rose DeWitt Bukater‚ defies throughout the film. Rose breaks many of the traditional “rules” of the time period in which the film takes place. Feminism is seen predominantly in the film Titanic. Women are deemed as helpless in the film. Many instances take place where women are shown as helpless and needy‚ but Rose ends up breaking
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role of women in contemporary and classic cinema will be compared. However‚ to begin‚ I will resort to statistics as a percentage of the women who get the role in the movie. Cate Blanchett‚ who received the "Oscar" for the female role in the movie "Jasmine"‚ said that at Hollywood there are very few quality roles for women. Her opinion is confirmed by the results of the study "Women in Film and Television"‚ which was held at San Diego State University’s school of Journalism‚ Media and Film. So
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FEMINITY IN CONTEMPORARY HORROR FILM One might say that horror film- genre has been invented by feminists. Horror films seem to be one of the only genres that have women as heroines instead of dominated side characters. In horror genre women are the ones fighting against evil and men are the ones dying trying to help these heroines. Or perhaps the horror genre uses heroines to differ it self from hero dominant action genre. Or maybe horror films were created to represent the ultimate horror of
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Black women have played a pivotal role in the construction of the blues traditions of African American culture‚ regardless of whether they have be credited as such. In her article “How HBO’s "Bessie" Brings A Dynamic Portrayal of Black Womanhood to the Screen”‚ Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn proposes that Dee Rees’ film Bessie “embodies the social changes of African-Americans at the turn of the century‚ and the women whose musical texts embodied a rich cultural legacy and a new frontier for women...”(Littlejohn)
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1. My narrowed topic is "women (princesses) in Walt Disney Films and their impact on young American girls" and I think it is related to popular culture because Disney princess films are popular in America. There is a larger social issue related to women in Walt Disney films because of how Disney princesses look and act. Majority of Disney princesses have unrealistic body shapes that young girls find beautiful and want to achieve. This can lead to low self-esteem in young girls and the development
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In this supplement of Gender and Women’s Studies in Canada‚ Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown list several characteristics found in women that are present in the majority of Disney and Pixar films. While I agree with most of the characteristics listed and can call to mind many examples that fit these descriptions‚ I found some discrepancies with the examples that Lamb and Mikel Brown used‚ specifically with their mentions of Mulan. The authors state that "Disney girls have no support systems" and that
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dance for Othello (Laurence Fishburne)‚ as rather than her appearing alluring and desirable the entire sequence seems quite obviously uncomfortable for both actor and audience alike. Whilst this major aspect of her personality appeared to escape the film adaptation‚ it cannot be denied that her character remained the epitome of innocence‚ purity and devotion as seen in the play. Even in the face of death after meek pleas to have her fate postponed are denied‚ Irene’s somewhat weak character makes
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Pop culture has idealized the way women are presented in film. We have come to expect that women can be presented as and it is acceptable to portray them as passive‚ sexual objects in film‚ which revolves around the male gaze‚ meaning it is portrayed through the eyes of men and their desires. (Haslam 187-190) “Babylon” the sixth episode of Mad Men reinforces this focus on women through the ‘male gaze’ as argued by Laura Mulvey and ‘hyper-sexualization’ argued by Phillips & Strobol. There are two
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Representation of Women in Memoirs of a Geisha Analyzing through the early Hollywood films to the new ones‚ Asian women have usually been portrayed as either the “Dragon Lady” or the “Butterfly”. The movie Memoirs of a Geisha‚ by Rob Marshall‚ perfectly portrays both of the diverse roles of Asian American (Japanese) women in film. Chiyo/Sayuri is the protagonist of the film. She embodies a type of woman that can be described as reflexive‚ silent and elegant. She is also submissive‚ delicate‚ shy
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