Film, as a product of patriarchal ideology, reflects a stereotype of women’s unfairness in reflecting women’s lives. Therefore, in the face of the oppression of male hegemonies film work, feminist films are intended to interpret women’s issue from a feminist point of view to explore women’s activities and women’s theme. However, there are stereotypes of female characters in traditional films. The image of women in traditional films often appears to be over-reliance on male and the role of women is limited to the unselfish dedication of wife and the perfect mother. Moreover, women’s body shape is encoded into a strong visual element, so women must be sexy body, dress, and behavior in the male hegemony film. For example, the movie “Maid in Manhattan”
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The film, “Mulan” , is the first film that Disney has adopted the Chinese element as a film theme and it tells the story of a Sui Dynasty woman, Mulan, fights against the Huns for her farther. In order to make the film looks Disney characteristic and also to retain the Chinses style, Disney carefully studied Chinese martial arts one by one. In addition, the film is full of Chinese elements, painting techniques, and music, such as “the three obedience and four virtues” . In the book, “Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability”, stated that Disney films have come to both mirror and influence the American increasingly diverse society and it also implied that the American is embracing the diversity (Cheu). Over the past 200 years, the Chinese immigrants had been discriminated until the “Exclusion Act” was abolished in 1943. Moreover, with the growth of the number and speed of American immigrants and the rise of pluralism in American society, more and more immigrants from Asia and Latin American form their own enclaves. However, it is difficult to fully integrate into the local mainstream society for some immigrants, and the phenomenon of marginalization of immigrants being discriminated is still exist. Still and all, the growing diversity of the US. Is beginning to …show more content…
The film, “The great debaters”, mainly talks about a life of the black debaters. “The Great debater” criticized the racial discrimination in the U.S., but still to beautify the U.S. and praised the mainstream American culture. In one of the scene, although the black brothers beat the Harvard team in the debate, but to be recognized by Harvard is their greatest victory. Also, the film’s powerful political themes and tearful dramatic scenes push past the limits of its predictable format. Moreover, most of the blacks have never received fair treatment since the moment they set foot on the American continent. Until the 1970s, blacks have no right to vote, no opportunity for good education, no decent jobs, and no personal development opportunities. The book, “Mixed Race Hollywood”, it portrayals of interracial romance and of individuals of mixed racial and ethnic heritage have served to highlight and challenge fault lines within Hollywood and the nation’s racial categories and borders (Beltrán). In the film industry, the situation is also true; in the golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s, there is only few black on the screen. The black’s innate humor, cheerful, and easy-going is not the lack of performance genius, but there are few black actors to be recognized by the public in the U.S., even today. This film reminds me of the way Barack Obama’s image has been portrayed in this
The film, “Mulan” , is the first film that Disney has adopted the Chinese element as a film theme and it tells the story of a Sui Dynasty woman, Mulan, fights against the Huns for her farther. In order to make the film looks Disney characteristic and also to retain the Chinses style, Disney carefully studied Chinese martial arts one by one. In addition, the film is full of Chinese elements, painting techniques, and music, such as “the three obedience and four virtues” . In the book, “Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability”, stated that Disney films have come to both mirror and influence the American increasingly diverse society and it also implied that the American is embracing the diversity (Cheu). Over the past 200 years, the Chinese immigrants had been discriminated until the “Exclusion Act” was abolished in 1943. Moreover, with the growth of the number and speed of American immigrants and the rise of pluralism in American society, more and more immigrants from Asia and Latin American form their own enclaves. However, it is difficult to fully integrate into the local mainstream society for some immigrants, and the phenomenon of marginalization of immigrants being discriminated is still exist. Still and all, the growing diversity of the US. Is beginning to …show more content…
The film, “The great debaters”, mainly talks about a life of the black debaters. “The Great debater” criticized the racial discrimination in the U.S., but still to beautify the U.S. and praised the mainstream American culture. In one of the scene, although the black brothers beat the Harvard team in the debate, but to be recognized by Harvard is their greatest victory. Also, the film’s powerful political themes and tearful dramatic scenes push past the limits of its predictable format. Moreover, most of the blacks have never received fair treatment since the moment they set foot on the American continent. Until the 1970s, blacks have no right to vote, no opportunity for good education, no decent jobs, and no personal development opportunities. The book, “Mixed Race Hollywood”, it portrayals of interracial romance and of individuals of mixed racial and ethnic heritage have served to highlight and challenge fault lines within Hollywood and the nation’s racial categories and borders (Beltrán). In the film industry, the situation is also true; in the golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s, there is only few black on the screen. The black’s innate humor, cheerful, and easy-going is not the lack of performance genius, but there are few black actors to be recognized by the public in the U.S., even today. This film reminds me of the way Barack Obama’s image has been portrayed in this