tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349274489320343637.post1452267876849961270..comments2023-03-26T05:46:01.356-07:00Comments on Women in the Media: Media Moment: James Bond never dies if he has his girlsSam Federhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07526776423792966430noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349274489320343637.post-30392848803112834502012-12-09T21:22:24.135-08:002012-12-09T21:22:24.135-08:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/the-womens-blog-wit...http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/oct/30/skyfall-less-sexist-bond-film<br /><br />I actually wrote about one of the Bond films for our second paper, and yes, I tried to examine all of what you pointed out. That women are, almost uniformly, portrayed by the fhalt-p ideals. The fact that they decorate the set as pretty objects instead of fleshed-out characters that hold their own with Bond. I don't want to just rehash much of what I wrote in my essay, so I won't. <br /><br />But I will say that I think, very slowly, the Bond franchise has tried to shift its representations of women, in line with the glacially moving cultural norms and ideology. I'm basing that claim off of 2006's Casino Royale, which for the first time in recent memory, I can recall seeing a female character in a Bond film that actually had developed characterization and dialogue, and formed somewhat of a counterpart to Bond. But she still conformed to the 'feminized,' submissive, need-to-be protected by Bond at all times archetype that's become synonymous with the franchise.<br /><br />I haven't seen Skyfall, but I've read some articles that argue that it is a less misogynistic Bond film. While there's no doubt that Bond is still a male-dominated, chauvinistic universe, it would be nice to see a different generation of Bond - in the next few decades, if it lasts that long - with a reformed sense of gender (and race) representations. Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01948261619029767428noreply@blogger.com