Pop Culture

General Feminism and Misogyny

2009-06-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

Throughout the years, feminism has become a strong movement, encouraging many contemporary novelists to make their protagonists strong females who defy men. One example of this would be the novel, Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, which also shows the misogynistic nature of the antagonist, who rapes the protagonist.

Misogyny is very common in today's world of music. They are set out to degrade women to extreme lengths. Some examples of this would be "Gold digger" by Kanye West, and "Bitches ain't shit" by Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg.

Pride and Prejudice

2009-06-13T18:50:00.000-07:00

Over the years, there have been many adaptions of the classic novel. In the year 1995, there was a TV Mini-Series of 6 episodes, in 2003, there was a comedy spoof called Pride and Prejudice:a latter-day comedy, in 2004, there was a Bollywood production called Bride and Prejudice, and in 2005, the most popular production of the novel, also called Pride and Prejudice, was created. This production starred Keira Knightley, but didn't stay completely true to the novel. Fashion from the era of the novel is also still common to see during Halloween events, or Masquerade balls.

A Streetcar Named Desire

2009-06-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

The play by Tennessee Williams was adapted into a film starring Vivian Leigh, Marlon Brando, and Kim Hunter. Even though there are a few differences between the film and the play, the overall plots are very similar. Tennessee Williams’ play shares the same name as one of the streetcars in New Orleans running the Desire route. Every year in New Orleans there is a public art project in which artists decorate the city. In 2009 the city welcomed streetcar art in which many artists decorated streetcars that were placed around the city. Some of the art pieces are references to the play drawing a picture of Stanley calling out to Stella. In one of the Simpson’s episodes, Marge is auditioning for the role of Blanche in the musical version of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Marge uses her anger towards Homer’s lack of support as inspiration to act in the more emotional parts of the play.

A Doll's House

2009-06-12T18:25:00.000-07:00

The play A Doll’s House has been made into several movie productions including Joseph Losey’s 1973 production where Claire Bloom played Nora and Anthohy Hopkins stars as Torvald. This version of the play follows through with the original ending where Nora walks out on Torvald and her children, but there have also been other versions of the play filmed and staged with an alternate ending. Due to come public criticism, there are some versions of the play that have been staged and filmed with the story ending with Nora giving her husband another chance after he points out that she still has her family responsibilities to attend to by taking care of her children. The play has also been made into movies in other countries including and Argentinean production and Iranian production called Sara.