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This 5 page paper discusses the concept of masculinity and how it is portrayed in modern-day films. Examples are given from "Fight Club", "What do They Live", and "Boys N The Hood". Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the end. The circumstances may be far-reaching and may question our believability, but just the same these films entertain. It is interesting to note the way gender, race and
class are revealed in this genre. An examination of the genre itself as well as specific films used as examples will underline the point that indeed there are definite
ways which each of these categories are represented in action-adventure films. Action-Adventure - The Genre According to Gina Marchetti, an action film can be placed
into one of three general categories: 1. The quest for a valuable object which is in a third world country (Action Films, 2002) 2. An invasion scenario - the
heros community is infiltrated by foreign villains (Action Films, 2002) 3. The search for captives or those missing in action (Action Films, 2002)
There are certainly many variations on these scenarios but the action -adventure film indeed needs to focus on the hero doing something (Action Films, 2002).
"These films almost without exception focus on the hero negotiating his way through huge sets in multiple locations against almost impossible odds to triumph over the bad guys or
the natural disaster" (Action Films, 2002). Marchetti also states that action-adventure films have long been the domain of males (Action Films, 2002). She suggests this is because
the action-adventure heros typically are male and usually "reek" of masculinity (Action Films, 2002). "The spectacle of the muscular male body has become the genres central trademark" (Action Films,
2002). Furthermore, the women in these types of movies are in submissive roles and are "typified as passive and objectified" (Action Films, 2002). They Live!
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