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Slaughter, Sex and Cinema
Aleksandra Nadolski
Ms. Maguire
English Literature II
May 22, 2003
As the public became more comfortable with females having stronger and smarter qualities in society, horror movies changed their portrayal of them from the 1950’s damsel in distress, to the 1980’s sex kitten, to the 1990’s through to the present in which horror films pull all previous stereotypes together and add in smart, strong and witty characteristics to female roles. ... This was the transition zone between the 1950s weak and suppressed women to the rebellious sex kittens of the late 1970s and the early 1980s. ... These women were the ‘Dead sex kittens. ... It was very stereotypical of this movie to portray many teenagers as sex-crazed. ... While this was the public message, the message, which was given out by the cinema, was quite different. ... “A new generation of teenagers is being offered movies graphically detailing the ‘systematic slaughter of attractive young people. ...
The mid-1980s did not close off the sex-kitten craze. ...
Both, Friday the 13th and Scream were movies that were open in showing the slaughter of many attractive teenagers.
Approximate Word count = 3432
Approximate Pages = 13.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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