Women in Spike Lee's Bamboozled

After watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part Two, I was able to see how gender roles both differ and remain the same in this movie. Although some gender stereotypes apply to the film, I think many characters defy the stigmas typically assigned to males and females. Strong female roles, such as Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Professor McGonagall, and Luna Lovegood, help portray sturdy independent women who take charge. Reflecting on this movie, even as a dedicated Harry Potter fan, I have always admired how female actors in the series have had “the brains” in tricky situations. After watching the movie, I saw themes of power feminism, stereotyping, and negative connotations of males who express emotion.

In Hollywood film women 's roles have varied quiet considerably between genres, geographical placement, and period settings. These factors contribute to the different representations of women 's roles in the film they are present in. The roles are diverse going from the traditional maternal role to that of manipulative murderer. Women 's roles in movies can be almost equal to the male roles, and the co-stars are not given the majority of the acclaims just because they are male. Society has set certain standards that women are supposed to follow. The most common image of women is that they are very passive and try to avoid conflict in any situation. More and more in society women are breaking down the social barriers that confine them to their specific roles. The films Rear Window and Resident Evil show women in roles that are untraditional for our society. These two movies help to show how women are rebelling against social norms and that they are taking more active and aggressive roles. In film noir’s we can see women represented as the femme fatale, a woman whose mysterious and seductive charms leads men into compromising or dangerous situations. In action movies we see the heroine who is strong both physically and mentally, and has the ability to use weapons. Women seem to be more trapped than men because they are supposed to live up to society’s standards dealing with beauty and size, which are more physical characteristics. These specific guidelines have been set by

hese women from the book “ Women Hollering Creek”, were abused and taken advantage of their own men. Sandra Cisneros explores the stories “Never marry a mexican”, Woman Hollering Creek”, and “One holy night”. The women in this stories made a mistake by being with the wrong men in their life. They became careless when they met their own men. These girls have lost their respect for themselves. They have destroyed their own self, for the guy who never really loves them. No one stood up for their rights as a woman. Love and hate made these women vulnerable.

In contemporary film women's roles in films have varied quiet considerably between genres, geographical placement, and between

The tension found inside and between Rose Almond and other characters in V for Vendetta develops her character development and is significant not only to the long-debated differences between a graphic novel and a comic but also to the portrayal of women in this graphic novel. This is significant because V for Vendetta portrays women as submissive, incapable of providing for themselves without a man, and driven by their own emotions which shows that the content in graphic novels (i.e. tension and character development) that makes them different from comic books is not given the same attention or thought for women as it is for

I think that people would threaten my power if they had the knowledge to stop me. In Fahrenheit 451 The women (who only care about T.V. and technology) only vote for the best person running for office (pg. 93). That is why they would not be able to stop me or anyone with that type of power.

Today’s filmmakers have three areas to focus on: the event or theme of the film, the audience who will be watching the film, and lastly, the individual characters and the roles they play and how they are portrayed and interpreted. Many of these films bottom line objectives are to focus on the “erotic needs of the male ego.” The focus on fetishistic scopophilia tend to slant the view such that we see the world as being dominated by men and that woman are

According to an article called, “How Horror Films Are Bringing More Gender Equality to Hollywood” it states that, “University of Southern California communications professor Stacy Smith, who researches depictions of gender and race in film and TV, found that of the 5,839 characters in the 129 top-grossing films released between 2006 and 2011, fewer than 30 percent were girls or women.” This explains that males still have a dominating place in movie character roles in this generation. In general male figures in the movie industry could be seen as the more ruling characters as they are more

The movie included only one women superhero- the black widow, compared to most all male cast. In fact, in this entire film, only 3 women were given some type of speaking role, all which had really minor importance to the film. Most of these women were shown helping the male characters, helping them enhance their powers or providing a moral reasoning. While Black Widow’s combat skill were credential, she was essentially a superhero due to her manipulation skills. I find this super power not worthy of breaking gender barriers. This power plays with the mind and carries a feminine aspect to it considering that many regard women as highly emotional. Furthermore, the Black Widow was not given enough screen time to develop her character. In one of her scenes where she is found alone with uncontrollable Hulk, she was the only one that was shown defenseless where the fights between other superheroes are shown to be equally matched. The construction of the cast of this movie supports the opinion where the society fails to see women super hero to be empowering. Many of the fans consider the females presence in the action series to only be aiding the main masculine hero and providing romantic

Controversy is always arising when directors have stereotyped female lead roles, if any in their films. With films that actually include female roles in them, finding ones that represent them as strong, independent, capable women, aren’t found in just every genre like action films, or those showing people thriving for higher education standards. While both Kill Bill and Legally Blonde have very strong female leads, the way the films portray the women are a far cry from similar. We’ve all heard people around us say things like, “You throw like a girl.”

These types of feminists in the 1980s broke many barriers to be represented for their intelligence and not their appearance or status. The other stereotype that contradicts the opposing feminist, is the woman that betrays her feminist ideals in order to climb the business mountain which is embodied by the Kathrine Parker character. By using her femininity and gender to advance, then eventually cheating over her fellow female worker, reveals the character’s inconsistency. For example, Kathrine Parker flirted with a businessman to get what she wanted at a business meeting in the “Dim Sum Scene,” by using her womanly aspects to get what she wanted. Resulting in turning into the problem: oppressive powerful business employe, by disrespecting, disregarding, and robbing ideas from other employees, some of the problems women faced in the early stages of their career.

Although, I do not agree with this. I feel that there are many films today in which women play the biggest roles and are the main character. For example, Julia Roberts plays a huge role in all of her movies, being a very strong, independent women. Many people may agree that all 'chick-flicks' are women film based as well. Not only 'chick-flicks' have women that play important roles though. Angelina Jolie plays in plenty action packed, adrenaline rushing movies. For examples; Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Tomb-Raider, Wanted, and Changeling are all movies Jolie has played major roles in and been successful. She represents a very strong and independent women in each role she plays in all her movies, showing that she doesn't need a man to accompany her in her films to make them better.

Zhou points out the number of females working behind the scenes and on screen have

Women’s rights and equality were cornerstones of Chinese modernization, especially of Mao’s vision of an egalitarian socialist state (illustrated by his slogan that “women could hold up half the sky”). Increased female participation in labor seen as essential to the state and party agenda. While there were without a doubt many issues women still faced within this period, many policies of the Chinese Communist Party contributed to women’s equality. However, after Mao’s death and Deng Xiaoping’s rise to power and his vision of the nation as “Socialist with Chinese Characteristics,” and the implementation of China’s Open Door Policy, women have again become subordinated in many spheres of society. Yet instead of relying on male political theorists

The film appeals to its target audience by many different features. For men there