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Paddington Representation Case Study
The document discusses the representation of gender, age, ethnicity, social class, and immigration in the Paddington films. It notes that Paddington is portrayed as male but caring and nurturing. It explores how other characters like Mr. and Mrs. Brown conform to traditional gender roles. The document also analyzes how the films represent different age groups, ethnicities, and social classes through characters like Alvarado and Mr. Curry. It discusses how Paddington's status as an illegal immigrant who arrives in London as a stowaway is portrayed in a positive light.
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- 2. Gender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V Bku6tXLDo4 • Male =Dominant – tries to put his foot down • Female caring/nurturing
- 3. Gender roles –employment 25 mins Reinforces patriarchal/domina nt ideologies?
- 4. 32 minutes in •Gender again • 1:06:00 in
- 5. Gender… • How MrBrown arranges his stationary… • The strange objects Mrs Brown finds in her handbag • Mrs Bird has a hoover for every occasion
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- 8. Sexuality…LGBT? 55 mins •Paddington: “Mr Brown dressed up as a lady” • Joe: “In a dress…?” • Mr Brown: “No! It was more of a house coat. It was quite liberating actually.”
- 9. With reference toyour own detailed examples, explore the representation of gender in the media today.
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- 11. Age • Teenagers –Judy: “So embarrassing”
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- 15. With reference toyour own detailed examples, explore the representation of age in the media today.
- 16. Ethnicity – DeepestDarkest Peru • Alvarado (1987) – Exotic (expedition)
- 17. Ethnicity – DeepestDarkest Peru • Alvarado – Exotic
- 18. Ethnicity – DeepestDarkest Peru • Alvarado – Dangerous. “Stranger Danger… Keep your eyes down. There’s a strange looking bear over there.”
- 19. Ethnicity – unawareof ways things are done • Alvarado – Humorous
- 20. Ethnicity – Homeless/Orphaned •Alvarado – Pitied
- 21. Ethnicity • Mr Gruber= Humorous. Eastern European – quirky/odd
- 22. With reference toyour own detailed examples, explore the representation of ethnicity in the media today.
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- 26. Paddington offers ashameless celebration of Britishness: Matt Lucas’ cabbie pokes a jibe at extortionate drivers; Paddington interprets literally the officious rules of the Tube Station in hilarious fashion; the Geographer’s Guild flashbacks parody the well-spoken, outdated colonials to surprisingly acerbic effect. Paddington recognises London and, more widely Britain’s inadequacies while simultaneously celebrating its rich cultural heritage in the magnificent backdrops of London architecture, in the enduring intrigue of institutions like the Natural History Museum, in the distinctly English wit and pompous pretence of the bumbling Mr. Brown. It also clearly celebrates multicultural London, through the calypso soundtrack. King states "It adds to the magic of our London that there's always a band playing the song that happens to reflect your feelings," says King.
- 27. Social Class I travelledlight, carrying only the absolute essentials… maps, rations, modest timepiece and travel piano.
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- 29. Social Class • Hippierockers to middle-class bores
- 30. Millicent (Upper Class) Spoiltrich kid – whose father’s membership to the prestigious Geographer’s Guild was renounced. Felt working class life was a hardship and that she deserved what was rightfully hers – recognition, fame and fortune.
- 31. Mr Curry (Lower/WorkingClass) • Cockney-accent (sort-of), nosy neighbour. Self-interested, living in late mum’s house. Xenophobic? • “I have some meat paste sandwiches and pickles… they went off on Tuesday, bust you’re usually alright for a week.
- 32. With reference toyour own detailed examples, explore the representation of Regional/National identity in the media today.
- 33. Immigration • 7.35 –10.55
- 34. Immigration Paddington’s status asan illegal immigrant is quickly established when he responds to the Browns’ questions about where he has come from. The use of the nominalisation ‘stowaway’ carries connotations of romantic adventure and thus is an interesting choice from the range of possible lexemes the film producers could have chosen, such as immigrant or refugee.
- 35. Telegraph “Here is thestory of an illegal immigrant who stows away on a ship and pitches up in London brazenly expecting British hospitality and asylum. His initially unconvincing cover story is that a visiting British explorer from the Geographical Society taught his uncle and aunt in Peru to speak English… Many years later, after claiming to have been made homeless in an earthquake (a likely story), the aunt sends the orphaned bear to take up the (now dead) explorer's offer of hospitality.”
- 36. Telegraph “I'm sure thatUKIP will respond that while this is all very well, it comes down to a question of numbers. One well-spoken and polite bear turning up is fine. What if 260,000 turn up every year? It is a fair question. Within a decade we would have to build a city two and a half times the size of Birmingham simply to house all the Peruvian Bears. Could Britain's marmalade industry cope with the demand? Probably not.”
- 37. With reference toyour own detailed examples, explore the representation of a particular issue in the media today.