Sunday, October 08, 2006

My class blog buddy is Bushara...

...her independent study looks at the representation of women in Sex in the City

Although my text is a film and Bushara's text is a tv show they are similar as they both have strong references to the way that women are represented
In both texts, women are shown as sex obbsessed, but in their own different ways
The ages of the characters are different, but they are still represented quite similarly as the females are shown as being quite strong
The females in Sex in the City enjoy sex for themselves, but the protagonist in Pretty Persuasion has sex with other characters as her way to stardom, which could be seen as enjoyment for herself although its not the sex she enjoys but what she will get out of it
In Pretty persusasion we see a variety of different females being represented which is also the case in Sex in the City
In film women are shown to be less active whereas in tv they are shown to be much more independent and strong. Sex in the City is based on older females choosing to do what they want in life and making it happen.
Both texts provide the male gaze as they have voyeuristic pleasures as well as the fetishistic pleasures

My blog buddy from the other class is Navdeep...

...her independent study is looking at "John Tucker Must Die"

Pretty Persuasion is a film about a young teenage girl, Kimberly, who is sexually active and uses her sex to get to her main goal in life: fame. She would do anything to become famous and one of the ways she does this is by suing her teacher. Another way is by sleeping with the lesbian reporter whom she blackmails.
John Tucker Must Die: basically its this guys whos dating 3 women, wen they find out they set him up with this other girl, and persuade her to flirt with him jus so he can really start 2 like her and fall in love with her then once they've got him propa likin her she just leaves him and its revenge
Navdeeps essay is just about how teenagers now in films are playin roles like getin revenge and vengence and theyre no like damsel in distress type, or jus there for their luks and how they have meaning to their character
These two texts are both teenage films and both have female protagonists although in JTMD we have a male and a lot of females are stronger
In both texts the females want revenge on the male
Both texts have strong representation of women
The females in both films are subverting the stereotypical roles of females
Both films are mainstream Hollywood
The males in the film are seen as evil and abusing femininity
Navdeeps blog has a lot of info on the representation of women and how it has changed also looks at teen films in general

Thanks for being my Blog Buddies :)

Sherish at 1:17 AM