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Rear Window Themes (Gender Roles 1950s America (Lisa & Stella take on…
Rear Window Themes
Gender Roles
1950s America
Nagging wives- Mrs Thorwald and the Newlywed
Middle aged spinsters- Miss Lonely Hearts & the Sculptress
Sexy busty blonde- Miss Torso
Jeff works for a news magazine- serious
Lisa works for a fashion magazine
Lisa & Stella take on the action role. Jeff is passive in hid wheelchair
Even at her most adventurous Lisa is beautifully dressed, graceful & feminine
Stella is wise and speaks her mind. She is a working woman
Lisa and Stella both show that woman can hold their own in a man's world
Voyeurism
- the act of obtaining gratification (often sexual) from watching
Rear Window Ethics
Inappropriate or possibly illegal
Stella, Lisa & Doyle express their disapproval in film
Natural part of human nature
Jeff's job as a photographer is legitimate voyeurism
The heatwave & blinds up and windows open provide perfect conditions
Miss Torso flaunts herself, ? purposely drawing the male gaze
Miss Lonely Hearts plays out her sad and pathetic story
We as the audience sit often in a dark space and watch the lives of others
Isolation /Confinement
New York city is full of people yet neighbours don't know each other and people are alone
Jeff is isolated by his accident
The dog