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Many films are discussed—Little Children, The Graduate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Meet the Parents—in the context of this 8 page paper. This paper addresses changes in women's roles throughout the years as well as their negative portrayal by American filmmakers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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films were rather tame, only included scant sexuality and very little nudity, if any. But the 1960s came about and that has seemingly changed American cinema a great deal, particularly
as it respects gender roles. Of course, female actors follow scripts that reflect reality, and so a change in society to a great extent affects how women are portrayed. At
the same time, film has seemingly portrayed women in a negative light, particularly since 1967, despite the fact that the womens revolution has altered things. One of the turning points
is a film to come form that year called The Graduate. In the film, women were made to look either innocent or treacherous. There is no middle ground and characters
were undeveloped beyond the good/evil paradigm. The part of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate was first offered to Doris Day who turned it down (Menand 9). The part is one
of an older woman who seduces and sleeps with a younger man, something considered scandalous at that time. Doris Day did not only object to having to pretend to sleep
with a younger man, but she objected to being in bed with someone at all (Menand 9). While today, seeing someone merely in bed, or even beginning to become amorous
might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not very common. Some believe that the sixties was a turning point, and when
film would begin to acknowledge the way things really were (Menand 9). In other words, the point is that American cinema did not change along with the times, but rather,
would begin to tell it like it is. At the same time, it seems as if evil women are overrepresented as in the case of the unscrupulous Mrs. Robinson. The
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