Essay Plan

Is Mulvey still relevant when analyzing female representation in action films, with particular reference to ‘Kill Bill 2’?

Intro
-intorduction to study

-brief outline of Mulvey’s Theory

Para1
-What was Mulvey’s theory? –how it influencial the theory has been..example-when and why it was influential-feminism

-How it was relevant in past- example-action films- - Stereotype- attractive female

Para2
-Kill Bill – how can you apply Mulvey to the film?
- I will look at two sides to my independent essay and will explain how Laura Mulvey’s theory can and cannot be used in Kill Bill. Uma Thurman wears tight suit fetishizing certain parts of her body thus creating a gaze for the audience.
-Show both sides of the argument- samurai sword phallic object – women with tight clothing-emotional-family

- She kills lots of males showing her authority over the opposite sex and uses Struass-binary opposition as its women vs. men.

Para3
-other related action films

-Bond- Mulvey’s theory quite influential- compare past and contempory bond films, and changes

-Catwomen -women objectified-sex objects-tight clothings

-reason for change (Zeitgeist)

Conclusion
-Is it relevant and how influential is it now