Peaky Blinders- Audiences

Question 1

How may males react to the Peaky Blinders

Answer 1

• Traditional male viewers would idenitfy with the male characters whilst respecting their strict codes and moral values

Question 2

How would a female react to the Peaky Blinders

Answer 2

• Will value feminist ideals and appreciate strong and complex female characters

Question 3

Stuart Halls- dominant readings

Answer 3

• Viewers accept the intended meanings.
• Would be viewers that agree and enjoy the culture of working class lives and history

Question 4

Halls- negotiated readings

Answer 4

• Some viewers may enjoy depictions of industrial areas but may find the violence upsetting

Question 5

Halls- Oppositional

Answer 5

• They may find style of the show off-putting and superficial or the histroical accuracy being wrong
• They may find the punk rock music annoying

Question 6

In relation to Jenkins- What has caused such a large fanbase of the show and aspire to visit the midlands

Answer 6

• The uniqueness of these portrayals has led to fans from all over flocking to the midlands due to the place being mythologised

Question 7

Why do fans visit the midlands

Answer 7

• Themed pubs, tours, educational events, museums and art gallrey shows
• There was a peaky blinders festival in which 20,000 attended

Question 8

Shirky and Jenkins- ideas of prosumers and textual poaching

Answer 8

• There is wealth of fanart and many social media groups dedicated to the cosplay of PB
• Non-professional producers sampling bigger cultural products to use on a basis for their own network