This was the first film which featured an female action protagonist, and was therefore seen as a celebration for feminists. Ripley is represented as strong and individual. In the trailer where she is running, the audience is put in her postion and we are made to see from her point of view, this suggests that she is the main character of the film who is driving the plot forward. However this was not typical during the 70s, as men were playing the main roles of film, therefore showing the increase in womens roles.
Star Wars (1970s)
The trailer is mainly male dominated due to the reason the there are not that many females, this links to Gunter’s theory that the female characters are shown as “weak, ineffectual, victimised, supportive, laughable, or merely token females”.
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