Charlie's Angel Gender Analysis

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Sex and the city are portrayed differently for women of different color or race. Women in the media are portrayed in a very specific way but the opportunity for white women are completely different than the minorities. Colored women have always had a stigma in the media to be portrayed as the loud or overly sexual beings but another ethnicity that are type cast are the Asian population. Asian women do not stand a chance in the media world. They are constantly the ones in the background and not even looked at as a lead compared to the other women. Lucy Liu would be a great example of a female who got many roles on the big screen but even in these films, she was cast for a very specific stereotypical role. In Charlie’s Angel, her front from being a secret spy was being a conservative girlfriend who was the perfect actor’s girlfriend who cooked and cleaned while her man was on set. She played the role of the masseuse who wore a kimono when she was trying to get information from one of the men. Asians are to be conservative and fall into line and even when we try to break out of the role we are still led back to it. …show more content…

She was number one in her class and was eager and wanted to be the best at everything she did. She was competitive and everyone wanted to take her out but couldn’t because she was so smart and an amazing doctor. She played the role so well but she played into the stereotype of Asian women who should be submissive but could not be. Men loved her for her brain and the slim petite body she has. Asians are not always looked at sexually in roles but instead, they are the smart, conservative, and submission ones that should know their place as a wife and in society. She got married to a fellow doctor but because she didn’t want kids and only wanted to focus on her career, which is very important, her marriage falls

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