Gender representation Flashcards
1.
Females portrayed as subordinates in a patriarchal immoral society. It is the males who control the crime in the area. Lil Ze is the local dominant crime lord who is male.
2.
Women regarded as lower in authority to men, see this when there is point of view low angle shot of Shorty’s wife who is being bludgeoned by him looking from her perspective when she is unfaithful.
3.
Males are seen as the ones who perform crime. Lil Ze rapes Knockout Ned’s girlfriend and the gang kill his family members which is the cause of the main binary opposition between LiL Ze’s gang and Knockout Ned’s.
4.
Women seem to be well behaved; they make the men become good. Benny’s girlfriend wants to get him away from the criminal world. One of the deadly trio members falls in love and also tries to escape the diegesis because of his lover but is ironically shot dead in the process.
