Million Dollar Baby tells the story of a young woman named Maggie Fitzgerald, whose dream is to become an elite female boxer. She faces many trials and tribulations along her way to the top, and receives much help and guidance from her eventual friend and coach, Frankie. The film has meaning that is much deeper than the simple tale of a female boxer, however, as it attempts to showcase the struggles a female athlete must endure in such a male-dominated field. The film is not specific on which the exact year the story takes place, but one can assume based on context that it is rather contemporary and could perhaps take place in modern-day society. From this, one can deduce that the year in which the film is being represented is the same as
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Much like Million, She’s the Man is a relatively contemporary film. The historical merit of She’s the Man is similar as it represents female athlete empowerment in a predominantly male-dominated sport; in this case it is soccer. I would argue that the filmmaker’s purpose of the film is quite like Million Dollar Baby, that being to depict female athletes as ultimately being on the same athlete as male athletes, equal in skill and importance. The aesthetics used within She’s the Man are also much like those used in Million Dollar Baby. There is a training montage in She’s the Man that is very similar to the aforementioned montage in Million. The music and the visuals that come along with the montage illustrate the long and tough road ahead for the female athlete. The method in which the film’s story is told is also quite analogous. Yet again we see the female protagonist denied and undermined by a male figure for wanting to participate in a patriarchal sport. This time, Viola is rejected by the head soccer coach for wanting to join the men’s soccer team because she is a woman, and he does not think girls are good enough to compete alongside boys. This can again reflect modern society’s tendencies to disvalue female athletes in favor of male
Much like Million, She’s the Man is a relatively contemporary film. The historical merit of She’s the Man is similar as it represents female athlete empowerment in a predominantly male-dominated sport; in this case it is soccer. I would argue that the filmmaker’s purpose of the film is quite like Million Dollar Baby, that being to depict female athletes as ultimately being on the same athlete as male athletes, equal in skill and importance. The aesthetics used within She’s the Man are also much like those used in Million Dollar Baby. There is a training montage in She’s the Man that is very similar to the aforementioned montage in Million. The music and the visuals that come along with the montage illustrate the long and tough road ahead for the female athlete. The method in which the film’s story is told is also quite analogous. Yet again we see the female protagonist denied and undermined by a male figure for wanting to participate in a patriarchal sport. This time, Viola is rejected by the head soccer coach for wanting to join the men’s soccer team because she is a woman, and he does not think girls are good enough to compete alongside boys. This can again reflect modern society’s tendencies to disvalue female athletes in favor of male