In this weeks films, Johnny Guitar and Two Mules for Sister Sara, women continue to break the stereotypical mold that they have been placed into during the earlier films. No longer are women viewed as “silly, blathering on about manly business that is none of her concern, and beneath it all really asking for sex” such as Tess Millay in Red River. (61) Rather, women are playing alpha cowboy characters whom put up a fight, can yield a weapon, and deceive men.
In Johnny Guitar, Vienna (Joan Crawford), is a business woman who owns her own saloon and has aspirations of building her own town however, she often runs into issues with other members of her town. Not only is Vienna the alpha cowboy in this film but the person whom she disputes with the most, Emma Small, could also be considered an alpha character.
In the less famous film, Two Mules for Sister Sara, Sara, whom we perceive as a nun, has a deep secret. Throughout the film we see her engaging in questionable activity for a nun until Hogan, played by Clint Eastwood, discovers that she is not a nun. In earlier films a women character would not even think about pulling a deceiving act like this.
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In this weeks films, Johnny Guitar and Two Mules for Sister Sara, women continue to break the stereotypical mold that they have been placed into during the earlier films. No longer are women viewed as “silly, blathering on about manly business that is none of her concern, and beneath it all really asking for sex” such as Tess Millay in Red River. (61) Rather, women are playing alpha cowboy characters whom put up a fight, can yield a weapon, and deceive men.
ReplyDeleteIn Johnny Guitar, Vienna (Joan Crawford), is a business woman who owns her own saloon and has aspirations of building her own town however, she often runs into issues with other members of her town. Not only is Vienna the alpha cowboy in this film but the person whom she disputes with the most, Emma Small, could also be considered an alpha character.
In the less famous film, Two Mules for Sister Sara, Sara, whom we perceive as a nun, has a deep secret. Throughout the film we see her engaging in questionable activity for a nun until Hogan, played by Clint Eastwood, discovers that she is not a nun. In earlier films a women character would not even think about pulling a deceiving act like this.
Johnny Guitar is a classic film is a classic film because it perceives women in a more positive light than Two Mules for Sister Sara. During the making of these films women’s rights had become a much more discussed topic.