Question 1

The aim of feminist critics is to focus analysis solely on female characters and films that target female audiences,as it is believed that these have traditionally been ignored in film scholarship.

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Feminist critics aim to analyze and challenge the representation of gender, power structures, and the roles of both men and women in film and media, not just to focus solely on female characters or films targeting female audiences. They seek to address broader issues of gender inequality and stereotypes in all types of media content.

Question 2

John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969)was the first film to depict gay characters.

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While "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) is notable for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes, it was not the first film to depict gay characters. There were earlier films, even dating back to the silent film era, that included gay characters or explored homosexual themes.

Question 3

Animated films like Wall-E are able to avoid the pitfalls of gender stereotyping,largely because they don't focus on human characters and thus don't have to adhere to arbitrary standards of 'realism' in terms of character development.

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Animated films, including those without human characters like "Wall-E," can still perpetuate gender stereotypes through the personalities, roles, and interactions of their characters, regardless of their non-human forms.

Question 4

Female directors in Hollywood were most numerous during the 1910s and the 1920s.

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During the early years of Hollywood, many women worked as directors, producers, and writers. During the 1910s and 1920s, there were numerous female directors, such as Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, and Dorothy Arzner. However, their numbers started to decrease during the 1930s, and it was not until the 1980s that women directors started to make a comeback.

Question 5

How does the storyline in Freaks disturb the tendency to identify the disabled as "others"?

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Question 6

Using a film that has been screened in class,articulate an ideology that you feel it presents. In what ways does it do this overtly? In what ways does it do this implicitly?

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Question 7

Initially black audiences applauded the depiction of aggressive African American men in blaxploitation movies like Shaft and Superfly because these characters challenged the squeaky clean image fostered by Sidney Poitier.

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This statement is true. Blaxploitation movies presented African American men in a raw, unapologetic way, which was a departure from the respectable and non-threatening image portrayed by earlier actors like Sidney Poitier. This new representation catered to a desire for more authentic and empowered depictions of African Americans in cinema.

Question 8

The 1932 film Freaks was banned because the director's decision to have "normal" actors portraying dwarves,siamese twins and people with missing limbs was considered demeaning to the disabled community.

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The reason for the ban of the film Freaks was not because of "normal" actors portraying disabled characters, but because of the graphic and disturbing content of the film, which was deemed offensive and exploitative towards people with physical abnormalities.

Question 9

The 1915 release of The Birth of a Nation has been linked to a revival of the Ku Klux Klan organization,whose numbers had been dwindling for more than a decade.

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The Birth of a Nation, with its glorification of the KKK and portrayal of African Americans as savage and dangerous, is believed to have contributed to a resurgence of the Klan in the years following its release.

Question 10

The most important conveyers of a country's ideologies are its laws and its constitution.

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Question 11

During the 1950s and 1960s,what political movement had a significant impact on Hollywood's depiction of African Americans?

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Question 12

How did The Birth of a Nation depict the black politicians who ran the South Carolina legislature?

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Question 13

The "Hollywood Ten" were a group of writers and directors who were blacklisted because they gave names to congress of their friends and co-workers who were known to be members of the American Communist Party.

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The "Hollywood Ten" were a group of writers and directors who were blacklisted because they refused to answer questions about their political affiliations and were later found to be in contempt of Congress. They did not give names of their friends and co-workers who were members of the American Communist Party.

Question 14

Robin Woods' analysis of It's a Wonderful Life contends that,"Wonderful Life It's a manages a convincing and moving affirmation of the values (and value)of bourgeois family life." But what is revealed when "disaster releases George's suppressed tensions"?

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Question 15

Explain why some,like Rupert Everett,argue that contemporary film industry is still biased against openly gay actors,despite the proliferation of gay characters on film and television.

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Question 16

When someone analyzes a film in light of its ideological content,the criteria used may be biased by the critic's own political values.

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A critic's political beliefs can influence how they interpret and analyze the ideological content of a film, leading to potential bias in their evaluation.

Question 17

Systems of beliefs,values and opinions based on underlying assumptions about the way the world should be are known as ________.

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Question 18

"Midnight rambles" is the term used to describe events staged by the Ku Klux Klan protesting the exhibition of films sympathetic to African-American causes.

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"Midnight rambles" were actually secret nighttime gatherings held by the Klan for initiation ceremonies and other Klan activities, not specifically related to protesting films sympathetic to African-American causes.

Question 19

The House Un-American Activities Committee called on many people in the film industry to testify before congress and provide names of acquaintances who may have been involved with ________.

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Question 20

The events of the communist "witch hunt" of the late 1940s and early 1950s illustrate that Hollywood strives to be immune to politics.

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The events of the communist "witch hunt" actually demonstrate the opposite - that Hollywood is not immune to politics and can be heavily influenced by political ideology and agendas. Many Hollywood professionals were targeted and blacklisted for their perceived communist sympathies during this time.

Quiz 10: Film and Ideology

The aim of feminist critics is to focus analysis solely on female characters and films that target female audiences,as it is believed that these have traditionally been ignored in film scholarship.

John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969)was the first film to depict gay characters.

Animated films like Wall-E are able to avoid the pitfalls of gender stereotyping,largely because they don't focus on human characters and thus don't have to adhere to arbitrary standards of 'realism' in terms of character development.

Female directors in Hollywood were most numerous during the 1910s and the 1920s.

How does the storyline in Freaks disturb the tendency to identify the disabled as "others"?

Using a film that has been screened in class,articulate an ideology that you feel it presents. In what ways does it do this overtly? In what ways does it do this implicitly?

Initially black audiences applauded the depiction of aggressive African American men in blaxploitation movies like Shaft and Superfly because these characters challenged the squeaky clean image fostered by Sidney Poitier.

The 1932 film Freaks was banned because the director's decision to have "normal" actors portraying dwarves,siamese twins and people with missing limbs was considered demeaning to the disabled community.

The 1915 release of The Birth of a Nation has been linked to a revival of the Ku Klux Klan organization,whose numbers had been dwindling for more than a decade.