Audrey The Cookic

The next character is Audrey. She is a Hispanic mechanic, with a feisty attitude. She is tough and hardworking. Audrey symbolizes the ‘typical’ Latino Female. Latino women are stereotyped to be tough with feisty attitudes. It also shows how society places individuals into a hierarchy based on race. They make Audrey the Mechanic yet make Milo the leading role. Why couldn’t Audrey be a scientist or have some other occupation that didn’t deal with manual labor? She is given the job of a mechanic because it shows that she may be hardworking but she doesn’t have the criteria to be placed on the high status associated with being a scientist or any other occupation of that degree. Another character is Helga. Helga is a bombshell blonde that has the role of seducing Milo to go on the exploration with the crew. She reinforces the ideology about blonde women, or women in general, being the seducers of men and getting the men to do what they desire. Helga, however, does go against the notion that blonde women are ditsy, or dumb, but …show more content…
Cookie is the stereotypical hillbilly, with dentures and chews tobacco. He is very old and senile. Joshua an African American Doctor. I was surprised to see that they gave an African American the role of a doctor but then I noticed he doesn’t have the stereotypical characteristics of a doctor. Joshua is extremely muscular and rarely has a shirt on in the movie. I generally supposed it was because there is a belief that black men workout and are very strong. They are able to be used for their brute force and labor. The receptionist character is made out to have very little knowledge about the exploration and what they are even doing. She gossips on the phone and annoyingly chews gum. I thought the movie showcased the belief that receptionists are rude, are always using the office phone to talk to friends, and have no idea as to what is actually happening within the