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    feminism in Pretty Woman. The quintessential romance Pretty Woman (1990) staring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is essentially a modern day fairy tale where the underprivileged young woman meets her handsome prince and lives happily ever after. The film resonates the same narrative formula as classic fable Cinderella‚ in that the film’s protagonist Vivian (Roberts) plays a prostitute who is bought for a week by wealthy businessman Edward (Gere) for everything but the standard reason‚ sex. Pretty Woman

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    Pretty Woman > > Directed by Garry Marshall‚ Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy and a modernized Cinderella. The story involves the evolution of the relationship between the two protagonists‚ Vivian (Julia Roberts) and Edward Lewis (Richard Gere). In the film how a business arrangement between a business magnate and a prostitute quickly becomes a genuine loving relationship. In addition to their complex business relationship‚ Edward’s lawyer Phil (Jason Alexander) is one of many obstacles to the

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    This story also brings out the daughter’s importance in everything the mother does when the mother decides on a very perplexed but a firm decision which is revealed in the ending. * This story also majors in the area of feminism. The power of a woman is pictured in the story when a single mother struggles to raise her only daughter alone and sacrifices her time and everything for her. Target audience Audience will set to be teenagers which mean 12 and above‚ because this movie contain .A very

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    A Pretty Woman’s Inequality In the movie Pretty Woman‚ Julia Roberts portrays a hooker struggling in Los Angeles. Richard Gere plays a very successful businessman. They cross paths when Edward (Richard Gere) gets lost while driving around and Vivian (Julia Roberts) is having a “slow” night on the corner. Edward asks Vivian for directions‚ and Vivian agrees for five dollars. She takes Edward back to his hotel where he asks her join him for the evening. The next morning‚ Edward makes a business

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    Hollywood Pretty Woman

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    The film Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy set in Los Angeles‚ California which takes place just following the 80’s era. The story of Pretty Woman centers on a Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward who gets hired by a very wealthy businessman‚ (Edward Lewis)‚ to be at his beck and call or escort for several business and social functions. During that time‚ they gradually begin to develop a relationship over the course of Vivian’s week-long stay in his suite. Edward then takes his lawyer’s exotic

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    Pretty Woman Report – Myhanh Tran Vivienne and Edward shared a very similar trait in what their needs and wants were in this film. In order to survive Vivienne worked as a hooker on the streets to earn money. She did so by sleeping with men’s‚ this was her top priority in needs. Vivienne mentioned that she wanted to live a fairytale‚ which was what she wanted. As for Edward‚ he was leaning towards money and his business. He wanted a successful company to be able to become a bigger billionaire.

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    Pygmalion and Pretty Woman

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    "I feel just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman except for that whole hooker thing." It’s no surprise that Laney‚ the speaker of these words and heroine of 1999’s She’s All That should feel that way. She could have just as easily said that she felt like Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady because She’s All That is the latest example of a series of movies based on the Pygmalion myth‚ an occurrence that illustrates Hollywood’s long fascination with this myth. The original Pygmalion story is found in Ovid

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    Pygmalion and Pretty Woman

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    the text from the past and it’s appropriation. The intended audience of both Pygmalion‚ by George Bernard Shaw and Pretty Woman‚ directed by Garry Marshall was the mass of society at the time of composition. This is seen through the choice of the form of each text‚ Pygmalion is a play because in the early twentieth centaury this was the popular way of spreading ideas and Pretty Woman is a Hollywood film‚ a current form of mass media today. Because both texts were aimed at the majority of society they

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    Pygmalion, Pretty Woman

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    When people say they are looking at something through a feminist criticism lens‚ it means they are looking at the movie or book to try and find parts that speak on women and their position in the world. Throughout Pygmalion‚ Pretty Woman‚ and My Fair Lady‚ there are multiple messages that can be understood about women and their role in society. Pygmalion‚ an old Greek myth‚ has the least to say about women‚ but there is still something to be learned. When the story says the women are prostitutes

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    subordinate classes. (Katsiaficas & Kirkpatrick‚ 1987) “For Marx‚ the struggle among and between social classes results in the transition from one type of society to another.” (Katsiaficas & Kirkpatrick‚ 1987‚ pp. 234-235) Contest between the rich and the poor is a theme common in the films‚ ‘The talented Mr Ripley’‚ ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘Titanic’‚ where individuals attempt to overcome the void between social classes by different means. It is through symbolism and narrative techniques that a Marxist approach

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