San Junipero Representation Flashcards
How is the audience made aware that SJ is set in the 80s?
• Nerd stereotypes is a stock character of 80s movies - wire glasses, collared shirt
• Intertextual references - The lost boys movie poster, arcade games, Janet Jackson style costume on Kelly, ‘Heaven is a place on earth’
• Neon lights
• Similar cinematography
How can Steve Neales genre theory be applied to san junipero?
Music and costume provides a sense of generic verisimilitude
How does San Junipero represent Neale’s theory that genres can change over time?
Happy ending for an LGBT couple, not conventional
How is binary opposition shown between Yorkie and Kelly?
• Yorkie
-wide shots often used to isolate her (rarely seen talking to anyone)
-drinks cola rather than alcohol
-‘nerd’ costume
•Kelly
-group shots: popular
-‘Janet Jackson’ inspired costume
How is binary oppositions shown between the sci-fi genre segment of the episode and the 80s segment?
• Older characters stereotypically in quite in a depressing atmosphere - frail, beige colour palette
Sci fi genre - white colours, clean, minimalistic, technology
•Young characters are more lively, dancing
Bring neon colours typical of the 80s
How is the colour palette relevant to bisexuality?
Pink blue and purple colour palette in lighting and clothing
How does SJ show a complex representation of women?
Characters are emotional and romantic (stereotype) but also show aggression and independence
Previous BM episodes have revolved around men
Not typical of 1980s genre-> shows how genres change over time
How is postmodernism shown in SJ?
Achievement of immortality and eternal youth has always been a point of human fascination
- Fountains of youth etc, normally a goal for a villain in a Disney film
-Idea of immortality has shifted due to the advancement of technology (typical convention of BM)
-The people who strive for immortality are now the hero’s of the story (genre changed over time)
