Media evaluation to Q2

2. Gender Stereotypes
0 The murder victim is a female, therefore it supports the female stereotypes of them being quite vulnerable and weak
as well as the typical 'damsels in distress'. The female is only featured in the film for a few seconds, showing that the
male characters overpower her and that they play a significant role, therefore giving the impression that they are
more important. Furthermore, the woman conforms to gender stereotypes as the narrative is based around what
happened to her, so even though the male roommate has a dialogue and is featured in multiple scenes, it is the woman
who the viewers are interested in finding out about. Furthermore, this links in to Laura Mulvey’s theory where she
states that we are living in a patriarchal society, therefore men are given the ideal roles and they set majority of the
rules. However, our media product subverts her male gaze theory as the female is not featured for long and she has
been given the role where she is related to the idea of death throughout, therefore there is no male attraction because
she is not being represented in a sexual way in the film. Through this, our media product supports this theory due to
the male being viewed as dominant. It is usually the females who are the victim in murder mystery films and when we
looked into our similar products, the film 'Manhattan Murder Mystery' portrayed vulnerability and weakness in
women through this.
0 Both the detective and the roommate are male, reinforcing the stereotype that they are dominant and are in control of
the situation. Due to the roommate being male, it is expected that he is waited on, however he is shown as
independent and capable of doing things for himself and he isn't dependent on his female roommate, therefore
subverting the stereotypes of men being sexist towards women. Even though they are seen as the more dominant
characters, he wants to know what happened to his roommate, meaning that he is caring and isn't arrogant about the
situation.

3. Occupation & Age stereotypes
0 Furthermore, the male detective is clearly of an older age which gives
the impression that he holds and maintains power during their
conversation as he is seen as intimidating to the male roommate due to
his occupation and the status he holds. The roommate is fairly young,
therefore he is stereotypically irresponsible and immature, therefore by
being put through this interrogation he is being presented in a way
where he reinforces this. On the other hand he is wearing a suit which
could suggest that he is viewed as an authoritative figure at his
workplace, however the detective is more dominant and holds the floor
in their conversation due to the authority he has when he enters the
house.