Gender Performances Movie Selections

Write a short (1000 words) essay focused on the following question: Can you identify and describe gender bias in the performance? You may use the Bechdel test or any other indicator. Select a film and describe how the actors perform as masculine feminine or neutral gender. You might examine elements such as the portrayal of women the number of characters who are male or female how their relationships are shown or the number of scenes with sex or violence. Consider whether the film passes the Bechdel Test. Movies: The green Book (2018) 42 (2013) Blazing Saddles (1974) 12 years a slave (2013) Selma (2014) District 9 (2008) Precious (2009) the help (2011) hidden figures (2016) straight outta Compton (2015) all eyez on me (2017) guess who’s coming to dinner (1967) lilies of the field (1963) Option #2. Examine one of the films listed in the LGBTQ database on Kanopy in the USF Library (link on M3 movie page) or one of the films listed on the M3 Gender Performances Movie Selections page and write a short (1000 words) essay focused on the following question: How does the actors performance challenge essentialist ideas of fixed gender identities heteronormativity and sexual orientation? Select a film and describe how the actors perform gender within (or beyond) the diverse LGBTQ spectrum. You might examine elements such as identity and difference; community political engagement and social change. Consider whether the film turns away from negative stereotypes. Definition of Stereotype Please avoid extensively summarizing the plot at the expense of analyzing the actors performance. Movies: Die hard (1988) the crying game (1992) boys don’t cry (1999) Thelma and Louise (1991) milk (2008) Philadelphia (1993) being John malkovic (1999) American beauty (1999) requiem for a dream (2000) the royal tenenbaums (2001) million dollar baby (2004) children of men (2006) little miss sunshine (2006) no country for old men (2007) black swan (2010) ‘