From the March 2 class presentations.
I had never really thought about how much movie goers react to what women do on the screen. In horror movies when a woman screams, it causes people in the theater to scream as well. The same thing happens with women crying in movies. It’s as if directors are playing with our heads. I don’t know about that, but it is kind of funny to think about.
Another thing that happens with women and movies is said to be that the woman will kill the monster in a horror movie. This made me think of a scene from an old sci-fi flick called “This Island Earth;” “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie” made fun of it too. First of all, the show and their version of the movie was hilarious in my opinion. So then scene has this large brainy creature attacking the leading lady, her manly lover was (I think) unconscious and the white haired alien being who is helping the heroes was injured. She was the only thing standing in the creatures way, and she took it down…without even touching it. Oh, it was so funny. The woman had evaded the monster a few times and then she tripped an fell. The creature walks toward her and then trips as well, but that trip was the last one it would ever take. It just fell over and either unconscious itself or it died for no apparent reason (it has been a while since I last saw it). But I figure the woman was the reason he tripped (it was chasing her) so in a way she killed it. The womanly winning streak lives on!
