Out of the twelve movie genres survey conducted in 2013 by YouGov, Action/Adventure was the highest in the United States by sixty-four percent. However, according to a study in USC Annenberg, actors rule the majority of about seventy-six percent while actresses represents the remaining twenty-four percent in that genre. With these statistics, the amount viewers of both genders watch action movies equally, but women would prefer seeing a female protagonist. In the article “Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on View of Gender,” Julia T. Wood argues that media forces the idea that both genders must represent a character that is concrete and stereotypical to the public. The movie Mad Max: Fury Road follows the established roles Wood discussed
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In Julia T. Wood’s text “Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on View of Gender,” she argues that the media reinforces traditional roles to both genders. To begin, Wood explores the “underrepresentation of women” in media. She argues one main way media influences individual views of women is not showing accurate information of the ratio between men and women; this statement implies that men are more important than women. As she continues her article, she begins a discussion about the stereotypes of men and women. First, she explains the stereotypes of males. According to Wood, the media heavily supports cultural standard of masculinity presented to be “hard, tough, independent, sexually aggressive, unafraid, violent, totally …show more content…
(32) Based on my movie, I agree with Wood’s argument about stereotypes of men. Specifically, the main protagonist, Max, is given a clear characteristic that men must be aggressive to maintain their status and to fight back. For example in the beginning, Max is walking at a vast and dusty wasteland in which he is shortly chased and captured by the War Boys. The War Boys dragged Max to a dark dungeon where they violently beat him. Then they shaved his beard off to reveal his face, and blood was running down his head. Just before one of the War Boys was about to stamp his neck with a trademark, Max quickly broke free and escapes. In the movie, we see Max is first shown with a huge beard that hides his overall appearance to the viewer. After the henchmen shaved his beard off and enduring the pain, he has short hair and a stubble which is a typical look for a man. This visualize his character getting frustrated from being tied up, so his main goal is to get out of there and flee. Thus, Wood’s reasoning about men is relevant to this scene and proves how the male character is depicted to the media’s requirement for the
In Julia T. Wood’s text “Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on View of Gender,” she argues that the media reinforces traditional roles to both genders. To begin, Wood explores the “underrepresentation of women” in media. She argues one main way media influences individual views of women is not showing accurate information of the ratio between men and women; this statement implies that men are more important than women. As she continues her article, she begins a discussion about the stereotypes of men and women. First, she explains the stereotypes of males. According to Wood, the media heavily supports cultural standard of masculinity presented to be “hard, tough, independent, sexually aggressive, unafraid, violent, totally …show more content…
(32) Based on my movie, I agree with Wood’s argument about stereotypes of men. Specifically, the main protagonist, Max, is given a clear characteristic that men must be aggressive to maintain their status and to fight back. For example in the beginning, Max is walking at a vast and dusty wasteland in which he is shortly chased and captured by the War Boys. The War Boys dragged Max to a dark dungeon where they violently beat him. Then they shaved his beard off to reveal his face, and blood was running down his head. Just before one of the War Boys was about to stamp his neck with a trademark, Max quickly broke free and escapes. In the movie, we see Max is first shown with a huge beard that hides his overall appearance to the viewer. After the henchmen shaved his beard off and enduring the pain, he has short hair and a stubble which is a typical look for a man. This visualize his character getting frustrated from being tied up, so his main goal is to get out of there and flee. Thus, Wood’s reasoning about men is relevant to this scene and proves how the male character is depicted to the media’s requirement for the