CGS 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Revenge Porn, Guilty Pleasure, Sexual Fantasy
3 Nov 2016
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Always seems to have a relationship with violence. We need to change the representation that we have. Casting white people as asian characters erases asian actors and characters. Even when the characters" are actual asian people. Hollywood is still whitewashing, even though there"s no tangible reason. Poc are cast in token roles that reinforce stereotypes. Latinx people cast in service positions - devious maids . Misrepresentation of asian women for white male fantasy. Tokenism or actors and characters of color. Geena davis pushes for more women in movies. Ratio has been the same since 1946: 1:4 speaking roles women to men. Populate the movie with more speaking female roles. Forensic science represented more women on tv, more girls want to go into that field. If you see it, you can be it. The power of what we see on screen. We forge our identity based on images.
