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| − | #'''Groups 4 | + | #'''Groups 3 and 4:''' What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: ''Ordinary People'' and ''Imitation of Life''? Identify these themes in recent films (say, since 2000). |
| − | + | #'''Groups 5 and 1:''' What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in ''Imitation of Life''. Discuss how each of them fits the types of women Haskell describes (above) and how Haskell's four main themes do or do not apply to each of them. | |
| − | #''':''' What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in ''Imitation of Life''. | ||
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| − | '' | + | ==If Time Allows...== |
| + | #What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic? Have you seen it in a recent American film? | ||
| + | #How is ''hostility'' toward children expressed in the woman's film? Have you seen it in a recent American film? | ||
==21st-century melodramas== | ==21st-century melodramas== | ||
Film melodramas released since 2000. | Film melodramas released since 2000. | ||
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| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199725/ Love & Basketball]'' (2000) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247425/ In the Bedroom]'' (2001) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247425/ In the Bedroom]'' (2001) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230838/ Sweet November]'' (2001) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230838/ Sweet November]'' (2001) | ||
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*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989757/ Dear John]'' (2010) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0989757/ Dear John]'' (2010) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294226/ The Last Song]'' (2010) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294226/ The Last Song]'' (2010) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1407061/ Just Wright]'' (2010) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640484/ Jumping the Broom]'' (2011) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787759/ Madea's Big Happy Family]'' (2011) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787759/ Madea's Big Happy Family]'' (2011) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033575/ The Descendants]'' (2011) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033575/ The Descendants]'' (2011) | ||
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*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972779/ The Best of Me]'' (2014) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972779/ The Best of Me]'' (2014) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2726560/ The Longest Ride]'' (2014) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2726560/ The Longest Ride]'' (2014) | ||
| − | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2322441/ Fifty Shades of Grey]'' (2015) | + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2322441/ Fifty Shades of Grey]'' (2015), and its sequels |
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/ Room]'' (2015) | ||
| + | *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/ Brooklyn]'' (2015 | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2671706/ Fences]'' (2016) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4257926/ Miracles from Heaven]'' (2016) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4257926/ Miracles from Heaven]'' (2016) | ||
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3797868/ The Choice]'' (2016) | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3797868/ The Choice]'' (2016) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741834/ Lion]'' (2016) | ||
| + | *''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4385888/ 20th Century Women]'' (2016) | ||
| + | *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/ The Shape of Water]'' (2017) | ||
| + | *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5462602/ The Big Sick]'' (2017) | ||
| + | *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4925292/ Lady Bird]'' (2017) | ||
| + | *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6472976/ Five Feet Apart]'' (2019) | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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#In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with [[Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion)]], into [[Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion)]]. | #In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with [[Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion)]], into [[Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion)]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 14 August 2019
Molly Haskell
- Group 6 and 2: What three types of women does Haskell find in the woman's film? Do you see these types in the two melodramas we've viewed: Ordinary People and Imitation of Life? Describe a character in a relatively recent film (say, since 2000) who exemplifies each type.
- Groups 3 and 4: What are the woman's film's four main themes? Do you see them operating in the two melodramas we've viewed: Ordinary People and Imitation of Life? Identify these themes in recent films (say, since 2000).
- Groups 5 and 1: What impact does the issue of race have on the woman's film? Compare/contrast the white and black mothers (Bea and Delilah, respectively) in Imitation of Life. Discuss how each of them fits the types of women Haskell describes (above) and how Haskell's four main themes do or do not apply to each of them.
If Time Allows...
- What theme does Haskell see that entwines the domestic and the romantic? Have you seen it in a recent American film?
- How is hostility toward children expressed in the woman's film? Have you seen it in a recent American film?
21st-century melodramas
Film melodramas released since 2000.
- Love & Basketball (2000)
- In the Bedroom (2001)
- Sweet November (2001)
- Life Is a House (2001)
- A Walk to Remember (2002)
- White Oleander (2002)
- Love Actually (2003)
- The Notebook (2004)
- Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
- The Holiday (2006)
- Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
- Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
- P.S. I Love You (2007)
- Juno (2007)
- Meet the Browns (2008)
- The Family That Preys (2008)
- 27 Dresses (2008)
- Twilight (2008)
- Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
- I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
- He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
- Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
- Remember Me (2010)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Dear John (2010)
- The Last Song (2010)
- Just Wright (2010)
- Jumping the Broom (2011)
- Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
- The Descendants (2011)
- Les Misérables (2012)
- The Vow (2012)
- The Lucky One (2012)
- August: Osage County (2013)
- Safe Haven (2013)
- The Single Moms Club (2014)
- Winter's Tale (2014)
- The Best of Me (2014)
- The Longest Ride (2014)
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and its sequels
- Room (2015)
- Brooklyn (2015
- Fences (2016)
- Miracles from Heaven (2016)
- The Choice (2016)
- Lion (2016)
- 20th Century Women (2016)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- The Big Sick (2017)
- Lady Bird (2017)
- Five Feet Apart (2019)
Bibliography
- Molly Haskell, "The Woman's Film," in From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (New York: Penguin, 1974; revised edition 1987) 153-188.
Footnotes
- In spring 2010, this discussion was combined with Domestic Melodrama Since World War II (Discussion), into Domestic Melodrama as Genre (2010 Discussion).
