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Learning Objectives. - Develop understanding of representation - Begin to develop knowledge and understanding of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Representation. Discuss - what areas should we consider in relation to representation? Gender Class Age Sexuality Ethnicity Regionalism

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Learning Objectives

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  1. Learning Objectives - Develop understanding of representation - Begin to develop knowledge and understanding of Four Weddings and a Funeral

  2. Representation • Discuss - what areas should we consider in relation to representation? • Gender • Class • Age • Sexuality • Ethnicity • Regionalism • Disability • Task – write down any stereotypes you can think associated with each area

  3. Gender stereotypes – are they true? • Women • Physically weaker • Emotional • Housewife • Want “cuddles” • Love shopping (especially for clothes) • Appearance important • Gossip/bitchy/nag • Tidy • Men • Physically strong • Rational • The breadwinner • Sex-obsessed • Hate shopping • Don’t care about appearance • “Bond of trust” with mates • Messy

  4. Class stereotypes • Task - brainstorm working, middle and upper-class stereotypes. • Southerners are rich, middle or upper class • Northerners are working class • The upper class are in-bred, snobbish and dim-witted “twits” who vote Conservative. They are also gentlemen who act and speak very politely (in “Queen’s English”). • The middle classes are vain and social climbers • The working class are uneducated, drink lots, vote labour, live on council estates, are often involved in crime, and have lots of children

  5. Four Weddings and a Funeral • Made in 1994 • Directed by Mike Newell • Written by Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Mr Bean, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary) • Starring Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell • Became highest grossing film in British history at time of its release • “Comedy of manners” satirizing the British upper-middle classes • Set in south west England

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