Midterm

Question 1

i love lucy production and creation

Answer 1

produced through cbs

lucille and desi married in real life

Question 2

i love lucy firsts

Answer 2

first to be reran and live audience

5 emmy awards

Question 3

i love lucy analysis

Answer 3

mixed race relationship

normative gender roles

Question 4

west side story

Answer 4

pr as racial “other”
brown face
non-normative gender
using tropes/ stereotypes to represent a certain people

Question 5

cultural phenomena

Answer 5

moments/trends in culture
how was it made
what environment let it emerge?
who/what institutions made it
what effect it has in cultural texts after it passed?

Question 6

Jane fonda

Answer 6

rich famous dad
gender normative roles
late 1960’s: social causes, Vietnam war, black panther party, french student movement, women’s movement, native american movement

Question 7

All in the Family production

Answer 7

1971-1979

CBS live studio audience

Question 8

all in the family analysis

Answer 8

archie: character that threatened by all social changes

reactions to counter culture

Question 9

Working class during all in the family timeline

Answer 9

11% of families were working class

Question 10

What things are present to make archie not likeable?

Answer 10

live studio audience reaction always laughed at him
camera focused on exaggerated facial expressions
clothing is plain
make him “too” bigoted to relate to anyone

Question 11

Karate kid culture at time, awards, production

Answer 11

1984, no asian american directors, producers, writers

5th grossing film

Pat Morita: 1st asian american for oscar

Question 12

Karate Kid analysis

Answer 12

Ideals of masculinity between men in film:
Daniel, passive girly emotional
Jonny: fighting no mercy
miyagi: wise strong traditional view of masculinity also shows emotion

Question 13

yellow future

Answer 13

asian male trope that is damaging, “bottoms” “wise”

Question 14

Mary

Answer 14

Fighting gender normative rules
height of women’s movement
produced by cbs
3 emmy awards 
ideals of femininity challenged

Question 15

paris is burning production

Answer 15

1990
sundance grand jury prize
jennie livingston
375k contribution from national endowment for the arts
3 mil profit

Question 16

Paris is burning analysis

Answer 16

very personal
intimate
tropes of femininity, race, sexuality

Question 17

west side story production

Answer 17

non white producers directors
romeo and huliet
originally jews and catholics

Question 18

hip hop tropes

Answer 18

mammy
matriarch
welfare mother
jelebel
colorism