Sabrine 1954 and Kick Ass 2010 are two movies that highlight the issue of gender roles. Each of the main characters act and behave in ways that show how gender characters were perceived before 1965 and from 1980s and beyond. In Sabrine, Sabrina Fairchild is the main character who is used to portray the theme of femininity. She is the daughter of Thomas, a drive to the Larrabee family. Sabrina is attracted to David Larrabee, a three-time divorcee who is also a playboy ( Smith, 2002 ). Since she was living in a conservative society, Sabrina is unable to show her love to David. She gets disappointed after realizing that David is enticing another women. Later on, Sabrina decides to leave for France to seek better opportunities and improve her life. Even after coming back, she still cannot express her feelings due to the conservative nature of the society. David, on the other hand, is considered to be a masculine playboy. She has been married before and still continue to engage other women without anyone questioning her behavior. His elder brother, Linus, in contrast, seem to be a man with some feminine traits. He is about reserved and also fears showing the feelings he had for Sabrina. Kick Ass is the other film that highlights gender roles in the society. The film appears to be masculine in nature. People like Dave and Big Daddy engage in violent activities that earns them admiration from the rest of the society. Dave gets into a relationship with Katie and tries to deal with other men like Rasul who had been harassing her. The trend shows the extent to which men were trying to control women in the society.
In the two films, gender characteristics are used to show the differences between men and women. In the first film, the feminine characteristics is used in both men and women as seen in the case of Linus. In addition, the portrayal of Sabrina and David as people who strived to use their sexuality to attract the other gender brings some degree of conflict in the gender roles in the film ( Smith, 2002 ). Kick-Ass, in contrast, seem to have minimal conflicts with regards to the use of the gender characteristics. The male characters are portrayed as masculine and feminine. The female characters, on the other hand, are portrayed as weak people who need support from men.
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Reference
Smith, D. (2002). Global Cinderella: Sabrina (1954), Hollywood, and Postwar Internationalism . https://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/repository/seLK420_NationalisierungDChinKinos/sm ith_sabrina1954.pdf
