Misbehaviour Flashcards
Dialogue: “There is not point swimming against the tide, you’ve just got to rise with it.”
Using power to get what she wants. Not fighting against the system but working with it to create change.
Dialogue: “Not too many flashbulbs for me.”
Institutional racism, faces discrimination because she is black.
Over the shoulder shot of Jennifer standing in front of the crowd after winning Miss World.
Rows and rows of audience members, enormous intricate crown, golden cloak, all symbols of power.
Diegetic sound of people cheering after she wins Miss World.
Rapturous applause, she is popular and is accepted / admired by the crowd.
Dialogue: “You know there’s going to be little girls watching tonight who will see themselves differently because I won. Who might start to believe that you don’t have to be white to have a place in the world.”
She understands that she is a symbol, that there have not been enough black women in positions of power to look up to.
Racism is everywhere, including the definition of beauty.
Close up shot of interviewer writing a rating of Sally’s looks.
Objectifies her as he is not firstly seeing her as a potential student and instead seeing her as just her physical appearance.
Mid shot: Sally shooting a water pistol at Bob Hope on live television.
She is sending a message to Bob Hope that this (objectification of women) is not okay.
Mid shot: Sally talking to Jo and explaining why she wants to attend university. “Well if I’m in it, then it won’t be the male establishment, will it?”
She is attempting to create change by changing the establishment from within.
“What does your husband think about you applying for universities and being a mature student?”
“Well we’re divorced so it doesn’t really matter what he thinks.”
Sally is seen to be the property of her husband. She is being viewed as an object as in the 70’s women had less control over their decisions.
“I don’t want Abby watching that, it’s degrading and sexist.”
“For goodness sake, what does that even mean?”
Sally does not want her daughter to see and participate in a system that she views as objectification of women. Sally’s mother does not see a problem with it.
Why should Marjorie have to earn her place in the world by looking a particular way? Why should I? Why should any woman? You don’t, he doesn’t. Why should we?
Sally is protesting against how the Miss World pageant symbolises the exploitation of women and the system that accords value to women sorely on a culturally opposed physical standard.
“Turns out that my seat at the table is actually a high chair.”
Sally is finding it increasing difficult to take down the system by participating in it as she is being treated as a lesser than.
“All this whining and complaining about the patriarchy. Other girls are perfectly happy as they are.”
“Well i’m not a girl, i’m a woman.”
Sally’s mother does not understand why Sally wants to take down the system and states that other women do not mind or simply accept it.
I really wanted to get behind the scenes in the competition and really explore the characters of the contestants.
The directors purpose is to show the audience that the beauty queens are complex people and are more than we see on the surface.
