Silence of the Lambs attempts to challenge several of the theories listed in our supplemental reading on gender/film.

Consider the four common ways (heterosexual) women are depicted onscreen –

mother/whore dichotomy active/passive split saving/punishing women beauty and the fragmentation of the body

– and explain how Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) conforms to and/or [...]

What is the last film you saw at the theater?

Over the next two days, consider that film in the context of our class content on gender, asking yourself, for instance,

How does it fit into our discussion? In which of the eight categories, if any, can we place it? Does your film challenge [...]

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In her review of Boyz n the Hood, Janet Maslin claims, “Mr. Singleton may not be saying anything new about the combined effects of poverty, drugs, and aimlessness on black teenagers. But he is saying something familiar with new dramatic force, and in ways that a wide and varied audience will [...]