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First, I will discuss what the role of women in this series recently released zombie called "The Walking Dead." Ie, first discuss how we are introduced to women in a current context (year 2010) in a Western country (United States) in which women are supposed to have already reached high levels of equality with respect to men, and is still fighting this direction. On the other hand, compare the role assigned to women in this series of terror attributed to women in the film "Night of the Living Dead 1990, Tom Savini, focusing the role played by the character of Barbara.
Second, analyze and are considered the zombies (here referred to walkers or walkers dead "in English) and compare them with how we presented in the film referred to above of Tom Savini.
That is, the two big questions that will draw me in this work are: What is the role played by women in the series "The Walking Dead"? And zombies are considered persons?
The methodology involves the viewing of the 6 chapters that make up the first season of the series in question and comparing these with the films already seen in class: "Night of the Living Dead George A. Remake of Romero and Tom Savini eponymous title as well as articles on women Waitess warrior and Barry Keith Grant entitled "Taking Back the Night of Living Dead: George Romero, Feminism, and the Horror Film."
The Walking Dead series consists of 6 chapters in his first season and tells the story of a group of survivors during a zombie apocalypse. Has the peculiarity that each chapter is headed by a different director, including two women, Michelle Mclaren, Gwyneth Horder-Python. In the script, however, involved only men, 6 as well.
Inspired by the movie "The Night of the Living Dead" by George A. Romero, as evidenced in the first scene of the series that shows a moving car on a deserted road , with swaths of trees to the sides, in a rural area. Then Rick, the protagonist, dressed in his uniform of a sheriff kills 6 year old girl shot in the head and without hesitation because it had become a zombie. It all starts, is therefore a clear nod to the film that inspired.
What is the role played by women?
Entering answer the first question asked should I refer to the large number of women involved in the series, however, none of them is a woman warrior. While Barbara's character from "The Night of the Living Dead" by Tom Savini was clearly a woman Guererro, although it could be interpreted as fulfilled or not expressed by Waitess characteristics, none of the women in the series here can be analyzed considered, even remotely, a woman warrior. In my opinion more closely resemble the role of women played by Barbara de George A. Romero.
Then I will analyze the characteristics of the female characters and some scenes to justify that view. I must say that all women in the series appear driven by a man, playing different roles (father, husband ...) that guides them, protects them or tells them what to do.
So, Lori Grimes, (the wife of Rick, the protagonist of the series) shows us throughout the series in the role of mother. His only concern is to protect your child and traditionally female tasks such as making clothes, preparing food, etc..
also maintains a relationship, believing that Rick had died, with the best friend of his and colleague Shane Walsh. Thus, during the first chapters shows how this relationship develops affection with sex scene included (in which we see Lori in bra) and the role of protective father that takes Shane to her and her son. According to my interpretation, what we mean is that a woman with children to be alone and because of its fragility looking for a man to his side to protect her and her son. Proof of this is that once you discover that Rick is going to totally ignore vivo Shane, because it actually has no real feelings it was him but just looking at it the security that a man can make.
Then in the last chapter a disgruntled Shane Lori tries to rape. The rape scene, which ultimately is an attempt, meets many of the topics of why sexual assault and to some extent, is to justify the attitude of man. Thus, the scene is as follows: Lori walks with a long shirt and bare legs looking for a book on the shelf, then Shane appears that after drinking large quantities of alcohol will not ignore calls, and after a brief discussion, it was endorsed on it, Lori told me to leave and as Shane ignores him, scratched him in the face. After that, Lori was going. The next day I ask that Shane is the scratch and it says nothing. Lori goes to bed with Rick and begins to mourn but also tells you anything to her husband. So here we see as part of the blame rests on Lori, who besides teaching the legs walk, had had a previous relationship with Shane so in a way, is to justify his attitude with that he was drunk. This confirms the fact that Lori does not tell anything to her husband or anyone else because he knows that in some part to blame for having had the affair, although she believed that Rick was dead, Shane and this attitude is to some extent, a punishment for it. Shane
therefore adopted throughout the opening chapters position clear leader, with his trusty gun in hand, sharing this position with Rick later. Lori is due to both and only once, in the first chapter, try to impose their ideas. Thus he says that would be a good idea to put signs on the road from Atlanta to warn of the danger of coming to this city, which is taken by the zombies. Shane tells him not to go to what she replied "yes, sir" and goes mad. Shane goes after her and says he has to do for his son, who has already suffered rather, it comes to their senses and they kiss.
Well, this kind of scenes in which men are the protectors and women heroes are in charge of the family and the sentiment was repeated throughout the series.
The second female role to be analyzed is that of Andrea. We see for the first time in the second chapter and is presented as a tough girl even gets to point a gun to his head to Rick's first time seeing it. However, after Rick explains how to unlock the gun, and pointing to it latched. That is, we are introduced to the only woman who has a gun in the film as a real waste not knows, not even that to be drawn fire insurance.
Later in the chapter and because they were locked in a shopping center decided to look at the jewels around her and pick one you like while zombies were banging on the glass of the building to enter. This scene, I found an absolute frivolity, which shows us a woman concerned about her beauty and material things, even though the world ends and being surrounded by zombies. But, then decide to give her this jewel to his sister for her birthday. However, before we can give it to the camp in which they are suffering a zombie attack that his sister, Amy, died. Once dead, still clinging to it until it becomes a zombie to say how much he wants and feels everything that happened before giving a shot in the head. Therefore, it is attributed to the role of Andrea a great sentimentality, even to risk his life waiting for her sister and resurrected as a zombie to express his feelings for her.
In addition, Andrea and Amy weave a special relationship with Dale, the oldest man in the camp. It is a sort of father-daughter relationship. Thus, Dale will both states are the only thing I care about and, in the last chapter, convinces Andrea to the flared outside the shelter is going to explode, thus saving his life. That is, this man, in this case, Dale and the role of father, reprises the role of protector and necessary man for woman.
Meanwhile, Carol is a married woman with a young daughter. Her husband Ed mistreated. Thus, with women washing in the river slaps Carol, the other women start screaming and he is Shane, who saw the scene, hitting a number of punching and threatening him with death if he returns to play a his wife. Here again we see the protective action of man, in this case Shane, in the role of hero or savior who defends and takes abuse a woman who suffers from male violence. In my opinion, perhaps unintentionally, it conveys an idea that a woman who is abused can not leave it alone because it is not brave enough, but needs the support and drive of a man who comes to rescue. Jacky
finally plays a minor role. However, I would like to emphasize that it is the only or even remain in the shelter, along with the doctor, when it explodes because it gives up and believes that there is nothing else in the world and not worth fighting. That is, again attributed to the quality of cowardly woman.
I must also emphasize that women the series appear, always performing tasks traditionally considered feminine. For example, there are ironing, hanging the laundry, or washing clothes in the lake all together. The only activity "masculine" is displayed by fishing, Andrea and Amy, the two sisters. However, then explains that this is thanks to the teachings of his father who learned everything you need to fish.
For example, Carol manifestations twice in the same chapter that what he misses most is her washing machine. This is a message clearly sexist and retrograde, used also for a brand of washing machines in an ad makes enough decades in Spain, which urged women to ask her husband to buy her a washing machine that would be a good gift for her.
For these reasons, not only is there no female warriors in this series but those listed are relegated to second place with respect to men, playing the role of "woman", "mother", " daughter. " They were also attributed such qualities as sentiment, dependency or weakness. Also exploited the sexual side, in the case of Lori in a clear and are set to perform traditional female roles, ridiculing them if they choose to speak out or make some men (As in the case of Andrea who shoots with the weapon on safe).
Therefore, in this production of zombies has taken a step backwards with respect to the role of women in film in the stories of action, completely ignoring presentadonos for this role and a woman much closer to the Barbara A. Gerges Romero to Tom Savini Barbara.
The unfortunate role attributed by women seems particularly dangerous to be a show like this it has achieved in a short time worldwide acclaim (it was released in 120 countries) making it a clear product of popular culture which undoubtedly is a step backwards for the modern feminist movement for gender equality.
Are zombies considered persons?
if zombies are considered or not people in this production I must say that we are not given a clear answer but we are shown throughout the story two opposing positions.
However, the first thing I must say that the zombies are not treated with the cruelty with which they treat the final film in which Tom Savini are humiliated and used for the amusement of humans , thus making a fierce critic of capitalism, as text by Barry Keith Grant. We must also bear in mind that it is not intended to be a Ralat as critical as that of Tom Savini but at the end of the season the doctor is in the research center said the protagonists who though they tried to make progress in finding a cure to treat humans turned into zombies, the latter are not human as a person to die, the brain dies with her and all that remains are a kind of reflex actions. So, what is considered the human side of a person disappears. Apart from that, it seems to me a sort of justification at the end of the season to comfort the consciences of the characters, minus guilt and approving their action, ie a kind of assurance that the characters are good and the bad zombies, there are two different views when addressing the issue throughout the entire series.
On one side are the people like Rick, who believes that the zombies should be treated with some humanity and should be killed only in cases where it is necessary to ensure survival.
Another reason that is used to justify the death of a zombie is to end his suffering, if they are acquaintances. Thus, kills his partner Rick police transformed into a zombie, or kills his wife Morgan citing the same reason.
This is also expressed in the ritual followed by Rick, before dismembering a zombie. So, Rick outlines the plan to tear the body of a zombie to death with meat rub, which is sticking its smell and get out into the street which is full of zombies without being discovered and thus eaten. To do this, cut a zombie in pieces of meat. But before you proceed with this work out the portfolio, pick your cards and read aloud by reference to who he is, where he lived, what he did, and so on. That is, says a few words of remembrance as if it were a funeral. This same ritual is repeated when the zombies attack the camp, causing several deaths. It was decided to make two piles, one for burning composed of zombies to bury dead and another made up by people in the camp killed by zombies.
other hand, are Merle Daryl Dixon or that kill infected zombies considered dirty, even with the benefit of being able to kill them, and that at no time raised the possibility that people can continue to be zombies.
These two opposing positions are clearly displayed in a dialogue of chapter 4. The situation is that a person in the camp, Jim, is bitten by a zombie and do not know what to do with it, whether or attempt to kill him find a cure. The dialogue is as follows:
Daryl wants to kill him (Jim) of a shot or blow to the head
Shane: "Is that what you want if you were you? "
Daryl: " Yes, and would thank you as you did. "
Rick: "Jim is not a monster, or a dog with rabies (...) It is a sick man. If we start well, where do we draw the line? "
: "The limit is quite clear. Zero tolerance for walkers (zombies) or those who are becoming "
Rick: " And if we can get help? We did not kill the living. "
So here we clearly see two different concepts of where a person ceases to be a person and go on to become zombies. To Daryl person is no longer the same time receiving a bite from a zombie. For Rick longer a person at the time it dies. A zombie, by therefore not a person.
As a conclusion I must say that while the series generated high expectations, I was very disappointed I offered the role of women within it. Perhaps I expected a woman's role more like that played by Kate on Lost, which although is constantly involved in romantic plots, at least actively involved in the action scenes. However, the dualistic approach of treating the characters as if I think it right to generate discussion of what we consider people and when it ceases to be.
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