Avengers is a old show, and demonstrates many different aspects within the show.
1) feminism was just starting rise, this is shown where the women in the show seem to be competing with the men, wear trousers, and do sports in which they compete with men, and are smart being the main role in the show.
2) The male won the fencing fight, and often wins most things. yet the woman is portrayed as very smart.
3) Technology plays a big part in the show. how Emma shows up in a sports car, also showing her class.
4) Everyone has something to hide, nobody seems normal.
5) There are comedic elements, jokes the characters make with each other as well as actions.
6) its a fiction and everything is unusual, thats why viewers find the show exciting. - escapism to a world that isn't really there.
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ReplyDeleteIs this 'MUST SEE TV: THE AVENGERS' set on 21 September 2017 on social, cultural, historical context?
1. Give specific examples from within The Avengers episode that is our set text. For example, what 'smartness' Mrs Peel evidences.
2. Identify the characters by name. How able a fencer is Mrs Peel? is she competing on equal terms?
3. Is this modern technology or 1960s technology? What aspects of the programme show a different period?