John Waters Use Of Taboos In Cult Film

From my perspective it’s the judgement of homosexuality that is portrayed in the movie. Riddled throughout the movie is drugs, other deities and violence. Even the main character Che is an alcoholic bully who’s been to prison. How they wrap their heads around these

Another major display of a shift in gender roles is the infamous anal rape scene. Ed and Bobby, who is the most effeminate of the group, are taken captive by two (likely) inbred woodland men. These men, pariahs to society, become embodiments of the defilement of nature experienced earlier in the novel, the trash in the river and the poultry processing plant. To Dickey, Man’s encroachment upon nature has not only led to the industrialization that plows fields and fells forests, or littered the wild with our excess and excrement, it has made humanity unable to reunite itself with nature. Once man has defiled a region with our technology and our influence, we may never go back “Dickey's novel suggests that there is no free territory…” (Entzminger). These mountain men have ostracized themselves from society, searching for a way to shake off the shackles of cultural expectation. However, in their attempt to become one with nature they have simply perverted it.

Comedy”. 2 It was called the sleeper hit of the decade, and gained extreme notoriety for its breakage of traditional cinematic taboos, in that it showed rather explicitly both sex and especially, raw and brutal violence. It greatly surprised both the

In the beginning of the story, Bradbury uses foreshadowing in the exchange between the husband and wife where the wife asks the husband to look at the nursery. The wife states, “I just want you to look at it, is all, or call a psychologist to look at it.” It is from this passage that you realize something has changed in the household that the family may need outside help to resolve it. Ray Bradbury also uses foreshadowing in the constant screams coming from the nursery to emphasize that there is a consequences that comes with over valuing material possessions. The family’s lifestyle is based around the house and the nursery and when the parents begin so see it as a negative thing, it starts to impact the family. The children believe its okay to disobey their parents and not respect what they have to say. The author also quotes “blood and death in the nursery”, this hints that the situation in the nursery is going to get out of control and eventually lead to an extreme case, being death. The author also uses “chewed wallets” and shows that because the material possessions meant so much to them they began to value them more then each other. The wallet represents all the costs that came with building the room and the fact that they were chewed shows how it negatively impacted the family. Because of the parent’s idea to

According to the book, this woman gave birth to a baby which was a symbol of embarrassment and humiliation not only for the villagers but for all the family. Even though this baby did not have any notion of what was going on, she was still a victim of Chinese norms. This baby also became forgotten being that she was not given the opportunity to be alive. Kingston’s aunt decision of killing the baby, had to do greatly with the fact that she was girl. As the book states “it was probably a girl; there is some hope for forgiveness for boys”. Without any doubt, if the baby was given the opportunity to live she would have been mistreated and condemned all her life. She would not have had the opportunity to developed her own identity or raise her “own voice”.

The magazine article describes the stark contrast in the portrayal of female sexuality between pre-Code and post-Code movies. Pre-Code movies are flagrantly sexual; although some contemporary film critics believe that women were simply embracing their sexual freedom through these pre-code films, the marketing for many of these brazenly sexual films often included derisive comments from males, suggesting that the intent of overt sexuality in films was more crude. Post-code films often used screenwriting strategies to stay within bounds of the Code. Denby argues that this censorship actually created a net benefit for women, who were given stronger personalities and more interesting plot lines instead of simply being sexual objects. The article suggests that censorship led to the inception of the screwball comedy genre, which was forced to “create sex without sex.”

First of all, I want to analyze my favorite character in this movie--The father Henry. I believe he clearly knows that people have diverse ideas about what counts as a family and they have equally diverse ways of structuring family life, and it help him to communicate more respectfully with people who have varying family structures. For example, when he and his wife found out that their son Tommy got married with a male, he had a much calmer reaction compared to his wife. I can tell that he did not agree to gay marriage and he cannot accept the fact that his son was the “bride”, but he recognized the normal diversity of family forms, he understands that gays like Tommy and Jack has the right to love a person and have a family just like he does, so he tried to hide his true feelings and learned to accept it. That is why when Jack called, he answered the phone politely and told him that “I think I mean this, congratulations, you are a good kid, you deserve a lot better.” Then he caresses Tommy’s hair to show his understanding about their behavior.

Sedgwick describes one of the most distinctive Gothic tropes, as the ‘unspeakable’ (Sedgwick, Pg. 94), through this trope, she explains how sexuality between men has been recognized as having no name, essentially being ‘unspeakable’, ‘unmentionable’, and ‘not to be

One of the most striking parts of the novel (that is also similar to previous discussions in Women Writers) deals with abortion. Winnie, after having two children, refuses to bring any more lives into the world because of her abusive husband. She feels for her first two children, Yiku and the late Danru, with such passion, that she aborts her babies rather than subject them to a tortured life with her evil and dominating husband, Wen Fu. Winnie later tells her daughter, Pearl, "I cried to myself, this is a sin - to give a baby such a bad life! . . . In my heart, I was being kind (627)". This situation recalls to mind Maxine Hong Kingston's short story, "No Name Woman", a story in which a similar thing happens for similar reasons. In Kingston's story, the narrator's aunt throws herself as well as her newborn baby into a well to escape a future of ridicule and oppression, not from an abusive spouse, but from a

With reference to relevant cultural theories analyse the representation of sexuality in a film/television text of your choice.

Like most popular gender-bending films, Some Like It Hot calls us to critique constructions of sexuality and gender both within the context of historicized moment of the films production and from the perspective of later

This film highlights the flaws of humanity in a western world. The films ability to touch on topics of classism, prostitution, and alcoholism makes the content mature and unlike typical western films. This revolutionary and innovative western created a foundation for many future films. The sophistication of the content, and lack of adherence to the production code makes this film an “adult”

An article in the New York Times claims that all those feminist messages were lost to the audience that was just too consumed with the actress beauty to get the message. None the less Liz Taylor’s film kept pushing the envelope of socially acceptable topics and in movie Suddenly, Last Summer, the major taboo was ripped wide open on homosexuality and possibly delinquent/criminal behavior because most likely the male escorts were minor poor young boys. This movie portraits how far will the established social norm will go to keep containment , the clear message that a men was better off dead than be homosexual was not lost in this very turbulent movie.

A common misconception is that all anime is pornography; they think all anime has tentacle monsters waiting for that busty girl to pick up and rape. This misconception very much alienates people away from anime. It is true there is a genre that is pornographic called hentai and is specifically targeted at adults. Hentai is its own genre and most anime shows do not come close to that line. Most people confuse hentai with shows that proved what is called fan service. Fan service is a term coined from anime and manga fandom for material in a series, which is deliberately added to please the audience. Fan service can be in both manga and anime and can include racy, erotic, or sexual content such as nudity, up-skirt glimpse of a characters underwear, shower scenes, characters wearing bathing suits, or

The parameters of the term censorship have been changed and manipulated very much over the years. Television and movie ratings have become more lenient against violence and indiscretion because these things are now seen as entertainment. Is this appropriate for our youth? Should children be exposed to these images so early on? How does censorship in the media affect adolescents? Children are the future of our society and need to have some understanding of real world occurrences. Ultimately, censorship can only be determined by the parents. The media cannot filter every bit of controversial images. What rights does the media have in this situation? How are their First Amendment rights applied here? As an aspiring political science