TV Drama revision
Gender
Eve - embodies a more masculine role in her work and attitude, being the stereotypical ‘man of the house’ who has the big job and is the breadwinner, alongside having a husband who further subverts roles by being the one who cares for their through making her food etc
Constantine - traditional embodiment of masculinity, his character depicts a stronger leader who despite Villanelles independence still hold power over there as the stereotypical older guy who is in control of the crime
Villanelle - Embodies femininity in her fashion and makeup etc whilst having the traditionally masculine role of being a killer, this also leads to how the gender bias of society is represented in how no one but Eve believes in the fact the killer is a woman and how Villanelle is able to kill as easily as she can because of the sexual desire of men who see her as no more than an object with no threatm, alongside her own capabilities and strengths in assassination
The MI5 males both depict an arrogance that is authority based with little care for what Eve actually has to say
Patriotism
Russia being the antagonistic force represents American patriotism, this stems from the constant feud between the two that stems from the cold war, with the constant tension between the 2, despite the british setting
The main focus stemming on MI5 at the start represents a British patriotism with the BBC despite being an American offshoot still wanting to praise the British security system, whilst also denying patriotism to the extent of representing theme as incompetent in the later half of the episode
Ethnicity
Eve - Eve is portrayed as British with a clear non British background in her appearance, however this is represented in a way of normalcy with no questioning to it, displaying the understanding and multiculturalism of the UK
Niko - Polish, represents the multiculturalism of the country whilst showing how they have adapted to British life and help others who have moved, with ethnicity not being the defining feature of the character
Villanelle - Russian so presented as the antagonistic force in part due to previous feud between the country
Russia still represented as an antagonist force due to America’s hatred and previous feuds
- Konstantin
- Villanelle's authority figure, seemingly like both an older friend and an employer
- Depicted as seemingly caring for Villanelle in his concerns for them catching her and he plays into her immature jokes, however he seemingly keeps his distance never getting out of his coat when he sees her showing he intends to leave as soon as possible, suggesting the chance he is using her for personal gain
- He is the older guidance figure with a care for Villanelle but also has a clear disconnect with her, serious when it comes to work and lax when talking about anything else
- Positive representation but has negative aspects - somewhat neutral
Niko- Represented in a less stereotypical masculine way with him being the one who gets led around by Eve and also presumably does the cooking, as well as bringing her drinks, looking after her
- Emotionally concerned
- Plays Eve's husband in a way that dictates them as equal but also as if he is just going along with what she wants with little emotion behind it, however he is supportive of her
- Positive masculinity
Bill- Somewhat condescending towards Eve despite being friendly
- Lazy and simply bad at his job with a very uncaring attitude towards work with it being solely work to him with no passion behind it
- Further down helps actually look and relies on Eve
- Positive masculinity
Dom- Somewhat sheltered, polite and well mannered feeling it rude to even say flat chested and being flustered by it
- Caring, suggesting chocolate for someone he doesn't even know
- supportive and innocent
- Not stereotypically masculine
- positive masculinity
Frank- stereotypical portrayal of a male authority figure, condescending, holds power and seemingly dismissive of any fault of his own like the fact there was no CCTV or not enough security, not caring about the useful information gained
- Beard and short hair encapsulates this
- His yelling is similar to that of a teacher or parent telling off a child
- Fires Eve despite her gaining useful information.
- Deceptive as seen in lying about the evidence
- Negative masculinity
Lupin
- Masculinity
- Assane - laid back and intelligent, reinforces views of patriarchy by being manipulative towards women despite being semi sympathetic
- Thugs - traditional depiction, tattoos and strength with less intellect
- Mr Pellegrini - traditional enforcer of patriarchal society, holds all power in his home and is a powerful individual, looks down upon others
- Femininity
- Juliette - does not exist outside of main character exposition, is a plot device and trophy rather than her own person, sexualised whilst still presumably a minor reflecting the patriarchy but also the inherent sexism within the production that uses her character as a goalpost for Assane rather than her own person
- Assane's ex wife - portrayed as less than Assane
- The female characters are depicted as extensions of the male characters, their characters are not built up as anything more than narrative progression for Assane to use or develop from
- Upper class
- Mr. and Mrs. Pellegrini represent the highest point of the upper class in the show, being a rich family who reinforce a patriarchal and white dominant French society with a focus on control and power
- Juliette their daughter is used more as a vessel for her father in later scenes in which she takes on the role of parroting his views and grace whilst they auction off the necklace
- The people present at the auction maintain a fine lifestyle which uses the working class as a foothold to support their luxury, with the literal physical separation of having the workers be below and hidden whilst the rich are open and on display
- The auctioneer questioning Assane solidifies a correlation between a persons race and perceived class
- Working class
- depicted as thuggish with lower intellect with the exception of Assane, the tower blocks of run down flats depict the struggling lifestyle whilst the conditions of the workers in the louvre and the idea of hiding them from view reflects a societal disdain,
- Babakar is treated ill both because of his race and class which are combined to create a further negativity around the character when being looked at by the upper classes, depicting the white hierarchy that is held in France alongside the racist beliefs shilled by the upper class
- Lupin uses ethnicity to depict the societal issues of France that were and still are present, heavily on racism alongside the conservative push for anti-immigration
- Assane serves to depict the struggles of a minority ethnically in French society, people judge him such as the auctioneer simply because he is black, whilst his father was feared upon his introduction because of his skin color
- those who are not French are seen to be working class and working the 'dirty work' style jobs such as night cleaners
- The French themselves still struggle with only a select few being well off, however they all still hold a prejudice
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