Thursday 10 January 2008
Paragraph 1 - Introduction
Homosexuality is an Issue that has been around longer than we can remember, however has been a sensitive issue that has only started to be more socially acceptable in recent decades, throughout changing attitudes within our society,and different ways the media has portrayed this issue. With Gay Marrages only becoming Legal within the recent decade, it is not a surprise that their has been a considerable rise in the amount of gay coverage on Tv,such as Will and Grace, a popular american sitcom, and Queer Eye for the straight guy becoming mainstream shows, aswell as Soaps such as Hollyoaks and Eastenders endorsing Gay Storylines. The main text i will be focusing on is 'Sugar Rush', a channel 4's adaptation of Judie Burchill's novel. The text consists of the main Protaganist Kim, as she goes through her journey from being a nervous young teenager with a huge amount of feelings for her best friend Sugar, into being comfortable with who she is around her family and peers and being open about her sexuality. Throughout this essay i will investigate how views on homosexuality has changed in our society and the cause of this change in attitude.
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Essay Plan x
How and why have views on homosexuality changed since previous years in particular reference to 'Sugar Rush'.
First Paragraph: Introduction
*Focus on the concept of Homosexuality, and the fact that it has been around for a long time however has only recently become acceptable.
* State how society has changed, how attitudes have changed.
* Other Shows currently Including homo-sexual storylines are 'The L word' (Living Tv), Hollyoaks (Channel 4), 'The war at Home'(E4 and Will and Grace (Channel 4).
* Talk about 'Sugar Rush', that it is based on a novel written by Judie Burchill,and talk about thebasic plot of the show and the characters.
Paragraph 2: Ideologies and Represention of characters within my chosen text
* Sugarrush contains a variety of characters, talk about each one and what they represent ie, the father 'New Man' , Sugar, the deviant woman(Femme Fatal), and Kim the protaganist (Lesbian).
* Compare it to other Older sitcoms/ shows and compare how roles have changed.
* Goes with Laura Mulvey on Some levelswith the theory of Male gaze.
* Talk about theorists on Gender Represention.
* Backlash - how male and females have become more equalwhich is represented in the text.
Paragraph 3 - Other Texts and their relevance
*Channel 4 - Talk about the Institution, Target audience
* How the channel appeals to its target audience
* Other shows shown on channel 4that have similar issues to 'Sugar Rush' such as Will and Grace,and Skins which has a silmilar target audience.
Paragraph 4- How does this text differ from others
* Although this text does go with the theory of Male Gaze, in contradicts other research that mostly males have leadroles as the main protaganist is female, the majority of the characters are female and the father figure is a representation of a new man.
Paragraph 5 - Sexuality
* Contains sexual scenes, Kimwas at first hiding the fact that she was Lesbian however she goes on the being open about her sexuality,which reflects the zietgist of modern day attitudes are becomeing open about their sexuality.
* The vaious props used within the show, phalic symbols, musc,background, setting, lighting and what they connote.
First Paragraph: Introduction
*Focus on the concept of Homosexuality, and the fact that it has been around for a long time however has only recently become acceptable.
* State how society has changed, how attitudes have changed.
* Other Shows currently Including homo-sexual storylines are 'The L word' (Living Tv), Hollyoaks (Channel 4), 'The war at Home'(E4 and Will and Grace (Channel 4).
* Talk about 'Sugar Rush', that it is based on a novel written by Judie Burchill,and talk about thebasic plot of the show and the characters.
Paragraph 2: Ideologies and Represention of characters within my chosen text
* Sugarrush contains a variety of characters, talk about each one and what they represent ie, the father 'New Man' , Sugar, the deviant woman(Femme Fatal), and Kim the protaganist (Lesbian).
* Compare it to other Older sitcoms/ shows and compare how roles have changed.
* Goes with Laura Mulvey on Some levelswith the theory of Male gaze.
* Talk about theorists on Gender Represention.
* Backlash - how male and females have become more equalwhich is represented in the text.
Paragraph 3 - Other Texts and their relevance
*Channel 4 - Talk about the Institution, Target audience
* How the channel appeals to its target audience
* Other shows shown on channel 4that have similar issues to 'Sugar Rush' such as Will and Grace,and Skins which has a silmilar target audience.
Paragraph 4- How does this text differ from others
* Although this text does go with the theory of Male Gaze, in contradicts other research that mostly males have leadroles as the main protaganist is female, the majority of the characters are female and the father figure is a representation of a new man.
Paragraph 5 - Sexuality
* Contains sexual scenes, Kimwas at first hiding the fact that she was Lesbian however she goes on the being open about her sexuality,which reflects the zietgist of modern day attitudes are becomeing open about their sexuality.
* The vaious props used within the show, phalic symbols, musc,background, setting, lighting and what they connote.
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