Literary Criticism Of The Honest Trailers
Literary criticism is when an author critiques the qualities and attributes of literacy. Oftentimes authors use this mechanism as a form of tone, symbolism, imagery, and even to allude to the bigger picture. In the Honest Trailers the critics use gender, reader response, and empowerment criticism to explicate a particular point.
In many films and other popular culture, blondes are usually stereotypically portrayed. They are exhibited as pretty girls who are not the sharpest tool in the toolbox. However, in the film Halloween the main character was not your typical blonde. Laurie, the female lead, is different. She is independent, intelligent, and nurturing. When she discovers that Michael Myers isn’t dead as she’d presumed, her first instinct was to protect her family. She locks her kids up in their rooms safely then flees the scene to get Myers to chase her. Once she feels she is a safe distance away from him she hides and begins to create a weapon to defend herself. This is unlike any other female blonde character portrayed in the media. She didn’t depend on a man to come and rescue her or even give up. Laurie fought to the end. …show more content…
By doing this they are taking part in the reader response criticism. In the critique, the theme of the movie is described as “300 [ of Leonidas’] closest gym buddies stand[ing] against the might of Xerxes, a hairless giant with an entire jewelry store on his face and voice that sounds like he’s in the Witness Protection Program.” The critic has developed a different storyline in his mind. He believes the movie is combined with real Persian War rituals and battles with “sexy stripper oracles…homoerotic undertones… and super slow motion” The critic makes light of the entire movie by highlighting the unusual things that happen in the
In many films and other popular culture, blondes are usually stereotypically portrayed. They are exhibited as pretty girls who are not the sharpest tool in the toolbox. However, in the film Halloween the main character was not your typical blonde. Laurie, the female lead, is different. She is independent, intelligent, and nurturing. When she discovers that Michael Myers isn’t dead as she’d presumed, her first instinct was to protect her family. She locks her kids up in their rooms safely then flees the scene to get Myers to chase her. Once she feels she is a safe distance away from him she hides and begins to create a weapon to defend herself. This is unlike any other female blonde character portrayed in the media. She didn’t depend on a man to come and rescue her or even give up. Laurie fought to the end. …show more content…
By doing this they are taking part in the reader response criticism. In the critique, the theme of the movie is described as “300 [ of Leonidas’] closest gym buddies stand[ing] against the might of Xerxes, a hairless giant with an entire jewelry store on his face and voice that sounds like he’s in the Witness Protection Program.” The critic has developed a different storyline in his mind. He believes the movie is combined with real Persian War rituals and battles with “sexy stripper oracles…homoerotic undertones… and super slow motion” The critic makes light of the entire movie by highlighting the unusual things that happen in the