.*.*.[Post-Modernism in Contemporary Film].*.*.

.*.*.[Post-Modernism in Contemporary Film].*.*.

How are the Protagonists of “Flight Plan” and “The Orphan” Constructed in Order to represent them in a Post-Feminine Manner?

Post-feminism is a perspective that focuses on gender issues, specifically in the cultural context since feminism. Feminism brought about many social and political changes, however Post-feminism does not assume that this means gender issues are no longer valid. On the contrary, it acknowledges that there are still many areas of interest and concern within gender politics; but it recognises that these issues are very diffeent from the ones faced by gender theorists in the mid-20th century.

The text I have chosen to analyse is "The Orphan- [can you keep it a secret?]" which was released earlier this year in July 2009, and has been directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The Orphan is about a husband and wife who have recently lost their baby and adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.

A comprehensible judgement to why this is a post-feminist text is that the narrative is central to a female, Kate, who is the main protagonist, evenmore the villian, Esther, is also a female. This immediately corresponds to the text being a post feminist text as male figures are trivial in the narrative and have least significance, whereby, females dominate the film and challenge the stereotypical neurotic female representation as many films tend to portray. In comntrast both actresses are shown to be ultimately active. Evenmore, the binary oposition of 'masculine' 'VS' 'feminine' announces the conflicting idea of power struggle in society between two opposing groups.

The predominant characters in the film are females in fact there are only three significant male roles present in the film. This projects the ideology of solidarity and sense of belonging for the female audiences, as through the kinships presented between these female characters, 'togetherness' is reinforced and the feminine side gains power over the masculine side, which looses power.