Posts Categorized "Marvel Cinematic Universe and Gender Displays"
by Grace Knudsen
For my twentieth post to this portfolio, I think this is a great movie poster to end on. Relative Size/Function Ranking Captain Marvel takes the whole size of…
This film marks a first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a female superhero finally has a titular role! The Wasp is made out to be just as powerful…
This poster is arguably the most important one that I’ve analyzed so far: it encapsulates the whole scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Every Marvel superhero is displayed…
Licensed Withdrawal/Modern Shift There are only four characters on the poster who are shown to be looking directly at the viewer. Three of the four are men, and…
Finally! A female villain! And she is portrayed to be just as powerful (if not more) than the other male heroes. Function Ranking This poster is a bit…
This poster has a lot of different elements to analyze within it. I have found it tricky with the past few posters to find a lot of distinct…
There are only a few gender displays that I can find in this poster. There are no depictions of feminine touch, subordination, or the family. Licensed Withdrawal/Modern Shift…
This poster is tricky to analyze because there is a lack of characters on the poster. Dr. Strange is the only person, and he is depicted in a…
We have finally reached a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where our female superheroes are given the same displays in the film posters as the men. Scarlet…
Licensed Withdrawal/Modern Shift Every character is looking away other than the villain of the movie, in order to intimidate the viewer. Women are not specifically subjected to licensed…
Relative Size Of the six original Avengers, Black Widow is placed the lowest on the poster. You can barely notice her character, especially considering that she is one…
Function Ranking/Relative Size The poster actually does a good job of ranking the characters in the poster by their importance in the film. Star Lord is made out…
Function Ranking/Relative Size The largest three characters on the screen are both men and women. Black Widow is given an executive role along with Steve and Nick Fury,…
Again, Marvel has taken our previously empowered women on posters and turned them into arm candy for our male characters. Licensed Withdrawal All characters are shown looking towards…
We are back to another Iron Man film! And the hopes we had for Pepper’s character to be empowered have gone away! Licensed Withdrawal No one on the…
Up next is a film that features an ensemble cast with multiple lead roles, so this allows better understanding of gender displays without worry about the presentation of…
Up next is the first Captain America film! This one is going to be analyzed a bit differently, as there is only one character portrayed on this poster….
Relative Size All characters (other than the main character) are given the same size on the poster! Jane’s character is equal in size to the other male characters….
Moving right along, the next film poster in the MCU is Iron Man 2, released in 2010. What strikes me most about this poster is the evolution of…
For my portfolio, I will be analyzing the displays of gender in the theatrical release posters for each Marvel Cinematic Universe film. I’ll be using Goffman’s Gender Displays…