Representations: Stereotypes
- Consider
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Gender
·
Race
and nationality
·
Spies
·
Family,
love and marriage
Ingrid
is constructed as both a stereotypical woman and an anti-stereotypical woman.
At first she is constructed as a warm, loving, motherly figure who tells
bedtime stories to her child. There is a soft, calming tone in her voice;
naturally she is represented as the affectionate parent. Her face lights up
with a glowing smile as she talks about her husband, Gregorio, in the story
which displays that she has typically fallen in love with a man and emphasises
her womanly instincts. This allows the audience to recognise that she is kind hearted and caring, like most mothers and wives towards their families.
However,
Ingrid is also constructed as an anti-stereotype when we see her in the role of
the spy. This shows she is not your average housewife, in fact her job requires
a significant amount of skill and wit. Some of her spy-like attributes shine
through at the wedding. Before the ceremony commences she is pacing nervously
by a table which has a swan ice sculpture on it. Her nerves cause her to lash
out with a killer spy move at the swan’s neck, hitting it perfectly. The neck
shatters from the accuracy and strength in her quick chop at the ice. This
allows the audience to recognise that she is dangerous and skilled even on her
wedding day she is prepared, unlike every other wife-to-be.
Gregorio
is constructed as the suave, smooth spy in his leather jacket, with his slicked
back Latino hair and groomed moustache. We can identify he is foreign as he is
a well-known Mexican actor. Foreigners are commonly positioned as the enemy as
the audience relates to the side in which someone from their country comes
from. For example, Ingrid is the American, this movie is American, and she is
the good one. We later discover that Gregorio’s charm wins over Ingrid, which
displays him as the stereotypical attractive foreigner who is tall, dark and
handsome with the ability to woo women easily.
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