Humans - Ending montage scene

Ending montage scene - Gender performitivity and bell hooks' feminist theory 

The way women are treated affects the way men are treated. hooks- 'feminism is for everyone' and 'intersectional feminism'.

Cross cut between a number of story arcs

Positions the audience in a particularly uncomftable mode of address

• Joe and Laura 
• Laura and Anita - close up shot of faces, Anita has changed the Hawkin's household, very different but yet similar, potential intertextual reference of Alien 3, Laura's position of a mother is replaced by Anita.
• Anita - Setting at home, domestic, housewife, the 'Madona', she has bright green eyes and is seen as 'other', Anita is East Asian with binary opposition to the Hawkin's family who are a White stereotypical British family.
• Mattie- Setting lying in bed, (her voice is deeper and isn't sterotypical of women) over the shoulder shot of her watching the news about technology and computers.
• Leo and Max - Setting in a car yard with dark and gloomy lowkey lighting, stereotypical manly areas, Leo is hypermasculine, homeless. Leo is the knight in shining armour saving damsel in distress, however he doesn't save Niska - subversion. (Mia (Anita) is the woman who saved Leo as a kid, as they grew up he fell in love with).
• Sophie - Anita carries Sophie and also Laura tucking her into bed - stereotypical performance of women.
• Niska - In a brothel setting with highkey pink lighting with feminine costume, the 'Whore', depicts rape, the man is a stereotypical representation of someone who would use prostitution, close up zoom shot of her face with direct address, allegory of how we know women need help but we can't help her- position of the audience. Plays the role of a prostitute and acts as a sex worker. Preferred reading of her assault to feel deeply uncomftable, anchored by the lingering and zooming shot into her face.
• George and Odie
• Paul Gilory - postcolonialism- there are subtle differences between the representation of non-white and white people in media products - target audience is white british?- there is a heirarchy.

Introducing Leo Scene - Max

• He is in the background of when the over the shoulder shots happen between Leo and the man.
• Max also continues to be in the background as he is following wherever Leo goes, Leo is the leader and Max is the follower.
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