Let's start with "control and agency!" Naomie Clark convinces her husband Max Miller to consult a marriage counselor and will not let him talk once they get there. She is a CONTROL-FREAK! She likes to be in control of everything! Everything has to go the way she wants, or else she will not let go. She seems to be holding back a lot of things such as her strong desire to go to New York pursue her Event Planner career. She copes with that "failure" by controlling her husband, and making sure everything is "perfect." Max is represented as passive and submissive of Naomie. THIS IS A CHANGE IN GENDER ROLES DYNAMICS. Men who are always portrayed as the ones in power and in control of everything, are now being reduced to agency-free human beings. This episode an trigger an excellent debate on the challenge of male dominance.
The idea that women desire to have agency over their own lives is also depicted when Dixon's girlfriend tells her about her scholarship issues.When she tells Dixon about the scholarship, he offers her a job in his label company, but she declines the offer and proudly says that she wants to take care of herself!!! And more importantly, when she gets to know that Dixon is the one that made the anonymous donation to the tuition office for her, she freaks out and walks out on him. It is obvious that she wants to be the "boss of herself", and does not want any guy to take care of her. She does not want to be considered as a kid that needs to be looked after. Guys this is an amazing example of women's liberation and agency. Don't you think?
Nowadays men are no longer the "providers", because women are emerging in a way that challenges the power of men!
Women are almost often portrayed as JEALOUS! Their jealousy is always made obvious through scenes whereby they curse, call each other names, or even engage in physical fights. In this episode, Adrianna is jealous of Dixon's new girlfriend and gets more worked out when she hears that Dixon gave her money to his girlfriend. How would you guys react to that? Do you think after cheating on him she has the right to act like that?
Violence-wise, that idea that male always have to be portrayed as violent, or at least one of the characters has to be violent is very 'cliche' too me. Liam is struggling with "anger management problems" and takes his anger down on everyone. I found that a little cliche, because since the beginning he has been portrayed as the "hardcore" guy, the one that has no feeling whatsoever. Don't you guys think they are overstretching that idea of violence in the show when portraying Liam?
Here is a link to this episode http://www.cucirca.com/2013/02/05/90210-season-5-episode-12-here-comes-honey-bye-bye/
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