Preforming Gender in the Movies
Stereotypes are a norm in the society we live in now. They are virtually unavoidable. No matter what type of person you are, male, female, White, African American, Mexican, Asian or anything in-between there is some version of a stereotype. These stereotypes are continually present no matter how much we try to deny them. They are constructed off of what we have learned to believe and what we assume. The media is a major reason that stereotypes are as extensive as they are. The media exploits these stereotypes to produce entertainment that people will watch. All movies has some usage of them. One in particular mocks and depicts them in a very engaging way. This movie the White Chicks.
White Chicks is a movie …show more content…
While pretending to be these women they attempt to satisfy the classic gender stereotypes that are given white women. Customarily, white women are represented as tall, blonde, women who love to shop. Their attitudes are characteristically seen as stuck up and rude. Throughout the movie, the agents Marcus and Kevin struggle with filling these roles. Not only do they have to fulfill a gender stereotype, they also have to fulfill a racial stereotype. A great instance that illustrates both race and gender stereotypes is when Marcus and Kevin are pretending to be the sisters as they arrive at the hotel. The hotel clerk is not satisfying what the “women” want right away. Kevin, in character Tiffany, exclaims that she is going to throw a BF (B!$%# fit). She is going to throw a temper tantrum because she is not acquiring what she wants and as a tall, blonde, rich, white women this is out of the norm for her. She asserts that she is going to write a letter to the clerk’s manager to notify him of this intolerable service. The agents gathered how to act like this from the sisters when they had to pick them up from the airport. When the agents picked the sisters up from the airport, Brittney …show more content…
Throughout most of the characters are cisgender and heterosexual. However, there are some scenes that do not show this. One is when the agent Marcus is pretending to be Brittney but, he forgets he is in character. He approaches a new report that he would like to take out on a date. He begins to talk and flirt with the report, forgetting that he is technically Brittney at the moment. The reporter is a mix between surprised and repulsed when “Brittney” is flirting with her. She was shocked that a girl would hit on her. Marcus realizes what he has done and plays it off like he was not flirting. Another example of sexual identity is when they are all out at a club. Latrell and Russ, another male character, present themselves as the very stereotypical man. Russ is the predictable party boy, who is out just to hook up with women and Latrell is trying to hook up with Tiffany. They end up drugging each other, while attempting to drug the ladies. The next morning they wake up naked in bed together. They both panic and decide never bring up what happened again. Both being dominant males, they did not want to admit that they were with another man. This would affect the way they view their gender. They were raised as males, they were raised to like women, not men. It would go against everything they have learned from being male. This movie was produced in 2004
Stereotypes are a norm in the society we live in now. They are virtually unavoidable. No matter what type of person you are, male, female, White, African American, Mexican, Asian or anything in-between there is some version of a stereotype. These stereotypes are continually present no matter how much we try to deny them. They are constructed off of what we have learned to believe and what we assume. The media is a major reason that stereotypes are as extensive as they are. The media exploits these stereotypes to produce entertainment that people will watch. All movies has some usage of them. One in particular mocks and depicts them in a very engaging way. This movie the White Chicks.
White Chicks is a movie …show more content…
While pretending to be these women they attempt to satisfy the classic gender stereotypes that are given white women. Customarily, white women are represented as tall, blonde, women who love to shop. Their attitudes are characteristically seen as stuck up and rude. Throughout the movie, the agents Marcus and Kevin struggle with filling these roles. Not only do they have to fulfill a gender stereotype, they also have to fulfill a racial stereotype. A great instance that illustrates both race and gender stereotypes is when Marcus and Kevin are pretending to be the sisters as they arrive at the hotel. The hotel clerk is not satisfying what the “women” want right away. Kevin, in character Tiffany, exclaims that she is going to throw a BF (B!$%# fit). She is going to throw a temper tantrum because she is not acquiring what she wants and as a tall, blonde, rich, white women this is out of the norm for her. She asserts that she is going to write a letter to the clerk’s manager to notify him of this intolerable service. The agents gathered how to act like this from the sisters when they had to pick them up from the airport. When the agents picked the sisters up from the airport, Brittney …show more content…
Throughout most of the characters are cisgender and heterosexual. However, there are some scenes that do not show this. One is when the agent Marcus is pretending to be Brittney but, he forgets he is in character. He approaches a new report that he would like to take out on a date. He begins to talk and flirt with the report, forgetting that he is technically Brittney at the moment. The reporter is a mix between surprised and repulsed when “Brittney” is flirting with her. She was shocked that a girl would hit on her. Marcus realizes what he has done and plays it off like he was not flirting. Another example of sexual identity is when they are all out at a club. Latrell and Russ, another male character, present themselves as the very stereotypical man. Russ is the predictable party boy, who is out just to hook up with women and Latrell is trying to hook up with Tiffany. They end up drugging each other, while attempting to drug the ladies. The next morning they wake up naked in bed together. They both panic and decide never bring up what happened again. Both being dominant males, they did not want to admit that they were with another man. This would affect the way they view their gender. They were raised as males, they were raised to like women, not men. It would go against everything they have learned from being male. This movie was produced in 2004