![]() ![]() ![]() While stories celebrating ‘brother bonds’ abound, it is far more likely for sisters – literal and figurative – to be pitted against one another, frequently in competition for a man, if they are present at all. As this paper will show, Tin Man does not simply transport Dorothy into a more modern setting, but subverts the patriarchal ideologies underpinning the perennially screened 1939 MGM film.Tin Man challenges patriarchal assumptions about gender, portraying a female hero who is strong, brave and assertive, but also embraces a more ‘feminine’ style of leadership, rather than performing as a male hero ‘in drag’. Sci Fi Channel mini-series _Tin Man_ presents a darker, futuristic ‘Oz’ story, that illustrates how a text can subvert the ideologies of its intertext without mocking or deriding it. Judy Garland’s Technicolor journey down the Yellow Brick Road is arguably one of the best loved and most watched films in cinema history, and _The Wizard of Oz_ has been remade and adapted, its characters and tropes incorporated into other stories, many of which repeat the patriarchal ideologies of the MGM film. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |