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Lichtenstein Teeth (2007) (Ways vaginas are framed/theorized/talked about,…
Lichtenstein
Teeth
(2007)
1st Reactions: backlash genre; comedy/camp?
Teeth as modern day Medusa myth (Medusa as classic victim of sexual assault then metamorphsed; about scaring men)
the limits of the rape=revenge narrative
Intertextuality/Allusions
Medusa mythology; on TV in end scene, use of snake poster
Dawn O'Keefe--references to Georgia O'Keefe who painted a bunch of flowers/vaginas; Dawn as new life, pure,
the hero myth villianizes women, "break her power" (historical legacy of demonizing women's bodies and sexuality); frames sex acts as conquest
myth leads to gynecologist (something wrong)
The step-brother: only does anal, "I have a perfectly good pussy"; the dog metaphors for dehumanizing and subjugating women dog as "mother" doggy style
The origin of the Vagina Dentata
powerplant nuclear plant: establishing shot suggests radiation/pollution?
evolution classroom scene: after the "what's wrong with me" it maybe reframes Dawn's body as not wrong
rattle/vagina dentata talks about women's survival
mutation: x-men vagina, suggests deviance/negative connotation
2000s context
2008 serial rapist (that Netflix has picked up)
Brok Turner garbage man who did no trucking time for rape
SayHerName
Chanel Miller's book "Know My name"
Ways vaginas are framed/theorized/talked about
state funded education and the "sticker scene": ripping montage mirrors sexual violence; if people don't understand, it allows the violence; critiques censorship and education
call for a difference in education
Purity/Virginity
red ring and purity (also hi, evokes vagina)
gender binary,. call and response, gift giving for roses vs sexy music video?
the limits of the FANTASY of wedding night
medical discourse
rom com/camp
the close ups, angelic non-diegetic music,
self-knowledge
no non-diegetic music in the masturbation scene; also feels invasive (close up shots, her tentative movements); tied to marriage/masturbation fantasy/ wedding bells chiming
"What is wrong with me"--frames sex as bad, frames desire as negative
Dawn removing the sticker--peaceful and gentleness, SHE KNOWS AND RECOGNIZES HER BODY IN A TEXT BOOK; use of water imagery as renewal/rebirth/cleansing
the use of dicks: oh hey whatever, but we never get