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Tired Gaze: A Feminist Reading of Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber (2010)
- Source: Film Matters, Volume 12, Issue 2, Sep 2021, p. 22 - 35
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- 01 Sep 2021
Abstract
Rubber (2010) could be read as a monstrous replication of a male-dominated society that sees women subordinated and exploited simply for their “otherness” to men. This article, however, argues that when a dynamic reading is performed, Rubber can be seen to question Hollywood’s dominant system of gender representation and should therefore be considered a feminist film. In dialogue with feminist theory, it will be claimed that by drawing attention to the artifice of cinema, Dupieux has delivered a feminine text that highlights and calls for change to inherently misogynistic codes and conventions present in traditional dominant cinema and society in general.
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