Mrs. Doubtfire
The “looks like a lady “song plays an important part in this movie because the elderly woman that is dancing around and cleaning up is actually a man named Daniel and Daniel is taking the role on as a women and slowly learning how to do the the usual “women’s work”. In the scene where Mrs.Doubtfire is cleaning around the house shows how connected he gets with his feminine side while vacuuming and sweeping he’s dancing around like most woman really do, as well as when she starts making dinner and catches herself on fire she starts to learn it’s not as easy as it looks and the hot flashes aren’t fun. Not only is she a he but the “she” is actually the children’s father. Their father is putting himself in his ex-wife’s shoes
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For instance when the social worker comes by Daniel has to hurry up and get dressed but loses his mask and the social worker is waiting to visit with Mrs. Doubtfire and so Daniel has to push his face into a cake in order to hide that he is not a she. This scene is important because it shows how hard it is to balance both characters and how dressing up as Mrs.Doubtfire is not an easy thing to do. While the social worker is in the living room Daniel is rushing around making tea and isn’t ready as many woman do when they are trying to get things done and are not ready or dressed. Not only does he move around like a woman during this scene but when his mask gets ran over Mrs. Doubtfire starts yelling like Daniel while dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire crossing between both characters showing (Gender differences) and once the social worker walks in the kitchen he dives into the character as Mrs.Doubtfire and nails the tone as a women throughout this entire scene. Another part in the movie is when the ex-wife and kids find out that Mrs.Doubtfire is Daniel, her ex-husband and the children’s father. The response that he was given from his children were happy and excited yet slightly confused. His ex-wife was mad, and felt betrayed but over all they had finally came to understand why he did what he did. When I was finished watching this movie I felt like he did a good job in playing the role as an elderly women
Discriminating gender roles throughout the movie leaves one to believe if they are supposed to act a certain way. This film gives women and men roles that don’t exist anymore, during the 60s women were known to care for the family and take care of the house, basically working at home. However, a male was supposed to fight for his family, doing all the hard work so his wife didn’t have too. In today’s world, everyone does what makes them happy. You can’t tell a woman to stay at home, that makes them feel useless. Furthermore, males still play the roles of hard workers, they are powerful compared to a woman. However, in today’s world a male knows it isn’t right to boss a woman around, where in the 60s, it happened, today women have rights to do what they want not what they are
I think the performance delivered the message and intent perfect. I was not once confused, but it is that which starts out some what at the end and uses flashbacks to tell the full story.
He sheds new light on stereotypes that are not commonly broken. It truly was one of the many factors that made this film unique.
... The surprising acts of the mother and the descriptions, which are presented to us from her, are very conclusive and need to be further examined to draw out any further conclusions on how she?really? felt. I have a lot of fun. The mother-daughter relationship between the narrator and her daughter brings up many questions as to their exact connection.
because it demonstrates that the whole film is going to be about women’s roles in the
The main reason I selected this movie was because of its obvious gender biases and its very blatent patriarchal society from which Elle comes from initially and proceeds to go to at Harvard. In this movie the males are good looking, successful, rich, and are attending or previously attended Harvard. With an exception of a few, the males of this movie act as if the women are object to be played with rather then to be taken seriously. The first example of this is when Elle is on a date with her, at the time, current boy friend Warner, they?re at a restaurant and Elle thinks he?s going to propose but instead he breaks up with her because she isn?t ?serious?. Here is where I must mention that Warner falls into the generic gender role of a male, he is tall, good looking, wealthy, not dramatically buff but not scrawny either. When I was watching this scene the main thing that popped into my head was that to Warner Elle was good to look at but wasn?t what he thought of as smart and good enough for ...
I think it did a great job of showing how a family can come to view addictive and abnormal behavior as normal. I would recommend this movie to friends. I feel that it gives great insight into the dynamics of how the disease of alcoholism can trickle down the family tree affecting everyone it touches in such profound ways. Other than the lack of physical abuse I could see myself playing most of the roles the kids did as far as lost child and hero, I remember trying to fulfill most of those roles when I was younger trying anything from trying harder in school to trying to do chores to perfection in the hopes that I could through my works keep my parents from drinking. Thankfully as I got older I came to understand that their drinking was their illness not mine and until they decided they had enough I could do nothing to help them, but love and pray for
...is interactions with his wife are filled with tension and he is saddened when he reflects upon the men lost during war and the death of his brother.
Male characters sexualize the female characters to fulfill their own sexual desires and possessive and dominant members in society. They are constantly sexualized and degraded through speech and action, while denied rights to speak, act, and think for themselves. Men view women as nothing more than objects at their disposal, for their pleasure, and their success. According to Cixous, male writing, one such as Shakespeare’s, “has been run by libidinal and cultural - hence political, typically masculine-economy; that it is a locus where the repression of women has been perpetuated, over and over, more or less consciously, and in a manner that’s frightening since it’s often hidden and adorn” (T&C 1945). By this, she means male writers inaccurately portray women across their works because they cannot ever be inside the mind of a woman. Therefore, in order to accurately portray women in writing and more specifically theatre, female writers must produce an honest
What parts of the film were surprising or made you sit back and say, “Hmmm, I need to think more about that? Or, “Wow, I never thought about that.” The part would be when he was talking about “shared equality” up until the 1970’s was a normal thing and how everybody’s income doubled in size as well.
The film then releases the full fury of what corrupt politicians can do to a truthful man. The plot of the film will grab the viewer within the first five minutes and will not let go until the astonishing end. Even though this type of thing is implausible it's still very funny and unique in its own way. The acting was superb! James Stewart will always represent the good guy trying to make his way
Consequently, they must then take on parties, dates, auctions, beach days, and fashion shows, all while concealing their true male identities. While doing this, the movie portrays extreme stereotypes of gender roles and expectations. Although the portrayal of female expectations and characteristics is exaggerated for comedic effect, the underlying points and issues still remain. The way the brothers dress, speak, act, and understand their new social life as females, all contributes to the obvious contrast in gender specific qualities. The consistent sexualization of women and over pompous attitudes of men throughout the film provides exceptional evidence that society has established acceptable norms for both genders. These established roles of femininity and masculinity conflict within the undercover agents as they struggle to act poise, arrogant, non-confrontational, and sexy like their fellow female friends are, yet this is completely out of the norm for them as they are truly males. However, when they slip-up and allow their defensive masculine traits to show through it allows for not only a comedic break, but an exceptional
Although I enjoyed the main portion of the movie, there were some obvious likes and dislikes in my opinion. I believe that I learned from this movie and it helped me understand more of what the people of that time were feeling.
...ereotypes and patriarchal norms (Annie baking, Helen being a rich step-mom, the wedding itself), it also undermines patriarchy at the same time. At one point or another throughout the film all of the female characters go against the common conception and portrayal of women being proper and passive. They can be raunchy, drink, use vulgar language, and show they aren’t that different from men.
The movie is has moments that will break your heart, inspires people to do more with themselves, but with some small plot discrepancies that could have been worked out with a few extra minutes of the movie instead of hanging us out to dry. However, Ebert raises a question “How much of the self we treasure so much is simply a matter of good luck, of being spared in a minefield of neurological chance?” (Ebert). The movie raises questions on what we do to those who need our love and support. The best part of the movie is how they come awake and get to experience a part of life before the medicine wears off and they go back into their catatonic state. The movie is worth the time and money, it is family friendly, and a sure classic to inspire you family for many years.