Feminism is defined as the social, political, and economical equality of the sexes. Despite this relatively simplistic ideal, the feminist movement has been anything but simple in the last one hundred years. Beginning with the suffragettes in the early 1900s, this critically important social movement has taken on a life of its own with each generation. Each wave of feminism has brought something new, iconic, and controversial to the table. One surprisingly effective way to do this is to analyze the film industry. Films often correspond with the attitudes and feelings of the time and can thereby be one of the best ways to analyze how society thinks, has developed, and how audiences have responded to everything from traditional gender roles,
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Made popular in the 1940s and 1950s, the film noir genre focused on the femme fatale, tantalizing mysteries, and hard-boiled detective stories. Often playing the damsel in distress who needs help from a big strong man, the female character secretly controls the entire show through deviance and she takes her French roots seriously. Men in these films either get seriously hurt or just outright die thanks to their involvement with these dangerous women. Unfortunately for her, it was not a common occurrence for a femme fatale to triumph in the end of a film noir picture the femme fatale almost always gets caught before her goals meet fruition and then she is punished, making the man the hero in the …show more content…
It is a hysterical action comedy that focuses on a greenhorn bounty hunter named Stephanie Plum (Katherine Keigl) who has the opportunity to get back at the man who stole her virginity in high school. With $50,000 and both of their lives on the line, the heroine and her target must come to terms with the situation at hand and the sexual tension between them before they’re killed. Admittedly, in the end, the movie has mixed reviews and ended up tanked at the box office. However, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a great movie. Even though a movie might be a perfect fit for its intended audience, not all corresponding media will always hold true or do a movie justice. For example, movie posters and trailers are one of the worst ways for a film to shy away a fan base (Coon). Either way, the movie is still fantastic and a gold mine for feminist critique. When it comes to movies like this, it seems like raises even more questions about what will happen for women in the future. In fact, it could be a hint as to a new ideal for women taking shape. The newest movement for many women seems to be Post-feminism. Post-feminism has many meaning still, but it is essentially the understanding that because of an evolving society, women should focus more on individual choices as opposed to a certain ideal. Although being happy isn’t viewed as being radical, this formally known anti-feminism movement
Made popular in the 1940s and 1950s, the film noir genre focused on the femme fatale, tantalizing mysteries, and hard-boiled detective stories. Often playing the damsel in distress who needs help from a big strong man, the female character secretly controls the entire show through deviance and she takes her French roots seriously. Men in these films either get seriously hurt or just outright die thanks to their involvement with these dangerous women. Unfortunately for her, it was not a common occurrence for a femme fatale to triumph in the end of a film noir picture the femme fatale almost always gets caught before her goals meet fruition and then she is punished, making the man the hero in the …show more content…
It is a hysterical action comedy that focuses on a greenhorn bounty hunter named Stephanie Plum (Katherine Keigl) who has the opportunity to get back at the man who stole her virginity in high school. With $50,000 and both of their lives on the line, the heroine and her target must come to terms with the situation at hand and the sexual tension between them before they’re killed. Admittedly, in the end, the movie has mixed reviews and ended up tanked at the box office. However, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a great movie. Even though a movie might be a perfect fit for its intended audience, not all corresponding media will always hold true or do a movie justice. For example, movie posters and trailers are one of the worst ways for a film to shy away a fan base (Coon). Either way, the movie is still fantastic and a gold mine for feminist critique. When it comes to movies like this, it seems like raises even more questions about what will happen for women in the future. In fact, it could be a hint as to a new ideal for women taking shape. The newest movement for many women seems to be Post-feminism. Post-feminism has many meaning still, but it is essentially the understanding that because of an evolving society, women should focus more on individual choices as opposed to a certain ideal. Although being happy isn’t viewed as being radical, this formally known anti-feminism movement