Act like a lady think like a man is a movie that released in
2012, staring actors/actresses such as Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Megan Good,
and Regina Hall. The target audience of this movie ranges from young adults and
up. This movie is about four women who are hopeless when it comes to getting their
men to do what they want; until they come across a book that gives them advice
and explains how to manipulate their men. It works for a little while but when
the men figure out the secret they turn the tables in order to get what they
want. This ultimately causes their relationships to weaken.
A myth associated with this movie is the idea that men have
an owner’s manual that women can use to their advantage and vice versa. The book
used in the movie is the manual the women use to change their men from an undesirable
man to a “woman’s mans” desirable be many women. This could send a negative
message to both men and women. No two people are the same. Everyone is
different, you cannot expect people to react to a certain thing the same way.
This movie could possibly cause young women to think that men work like a
simple equation and all they have to do is plug in numbers to solve it, in
order to get what they want from this. But we all know math is much more
complicated than that. This movie can also cause men to think that they can
pretend to give their woman what they want in order to receive what they want. And
well this may work for a little while but will eventually fail. One thing that
happens as a result of this manipulation, is that each of the relationships
become weaker. I believe this is one thing that is realistic within this movie.
You cannot be someone you are not or want a person to be who they are not (in
other words being someone fake) and expect a real relationship.
I believe this movie is providing and exaggerated insight to
our reality when it comes to relationships. They use different scenarios of
relationships, however they are still typical. It is obvious that men and women
are different. This movie show a woman’s woman (being independent and strong)
with a “man’s man” (being less focused on a relationship and more focused on
being a man like hanging out with the boys and just doing what they want). Like
in man relationships the woman want their man to be better, yet the man does
not really care. The women want to take their relationship to the next level,
but the men are fine where they are at. The women want the man to prove
themselves to them and all the man really wants is sex. Of course not every
woman and man is like this but these are come themes when it comes to
relationships. And many can relate to them.
I like the movie you chose to analyze. I think there are many different parts of the movie you can analyze and you have already touched on some. I think this movie is relatable to many and it is something you could mention. When you talk about the target audience of this movie you could mention why you think this movie is highly liked. I think in real life there are many women that try to make their man do something but it just never happens. This movie has a moral and you could also talk about how people use this in their lives. Many time women will try to make their man do something and then they realize they need to let go or just accept it. This movie in all the guys and women’s life have a happy ending so you could say how people in real life would look up to this or how it is different and the same to real life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, the book and the movie are based on antiquated gender norms, the myth that men and women have to behave within the molds made by old fashioned gender roles. The appeal of an owner's manual is the promise of a predictable and desirable outcome. You can give a specific example of a male behavior a female wants to modify. The males learn about the manual and they alter their behavior. This manual replaces the roles of trust, respect and work in relationships. I like your use of a woman's man, a man's man roles. Maybe give specific examples of each of these roles from the movie based on a character's actions. Your opinion about everyone being different is very true. A manual is giving the false promise that you have an equation and just need to plug in numbers to solve a problem. How then do you feel about the characters ending up happy at the end of the movie? Is this a false outcome? Or did the characters discard the manual and focus on what losing their partner would mean?
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