Friday 14 September 2007

change of essay question

I might be changing my question and thesis completely to representation of women in CSI series, if it follows stereotypes/if its an accurate representation of women in our society.

my thesis will possibly be something along the lines of how CSI subverts stereotypes of women(blonde in particular)and actually shows them as intellectual successful (in every aspect of life, personal and career wise)women that have achieved alot. they are also seen quite equivalent to men in the programme.catherine (the blonde one) is second in command to grissom...although he has overall power, in his absence she is to take all responsibilities of everyone. however getting through college and uni was hard so she became an ''exotic dancer' (aka hoe LOL) and that is brought up a few times in the show so in a way she is still portrayed as a sex object for the male gaze.... however in many other programmes or films blondes are shown as stupid and inadequate to do anything a man can do.CSI focuses on serious subjects but films such as legally blonde and legally blonde 2 also show that females (especially blondes)are capable to achieve anything anyone else can but it falls into the comedy genre.a negative representation of women is footballers wives or desperate housewives, which shows women that are where they are because of a man in their life, and many are seen as sex objects, another example of a negative representation is Baywatch.Marilyn monroe is a typical example of a blonde woman, a damsel in distress in any situation and flirts with men to get her way, being manipulative in a very sly way.Individuals such as paris hilton, dolly parton, jessica simpson have also grasped the dumb blonde idea quite well. :)...but i dont know if i want to focus on blonde women or women in general in CSI.bond girls are also a good topic to focus on, comparing to the CSI detectives. A theorist i can look at is laura mulvey and her theory about visual pleasure and narrative cinema.she described the male gaze in 2 ways specifically between the 50's and 60's "voyeuristic" (seeing women as 'madonnas') and "fetishistic" ( seeing women as 'whores').but i believe it still exists in the society, and many films are made specifically for the male gaze.but her work was much critisized,however it still fits in with my possible new question.looks like im changing my question then LOL :P

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