Task 3 - Historical Text Anaylsis & Research

Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961, the film was directed by Blake Edwards and was written by Truman Capote and George Axelrod. The film consists of a hybrid genre of comedy, romance and drama. The film was awarded with 2 win Oscars, 7 Wins and 7 Nominations. The reason why I have chosen this text in contrast to mean girls is because, it is a well recognized mainstream hit whereas, mean girls is a modernized version of a teen movie in today’s generation. The film is about a man who moves into a New York apartment building and becomes interested in his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Her lifestyle is somewhat different as it is confusing and fascinates Paul. It is said that in public she flirts around, being sexy and sophisticated but when the two are alone she plays a sweet and vulnerable act. Even though, Audrey Hepburn plays a daring and sexy part in this film. She does not expose her body in an appealing way and to satisfy the male audience and their desire. Although, she is sexy, stunning and sophisticated she does not show it in a seductive or provocative way. For instance; she does not show off flesh and is only a one man’s women. Never the less, in mean girls this is represented in the opposite way as young teenage girls are seen as sexual objects and dumb blonde bimbos. By this, we can see how much society has changed over years gone by because, films in the 60’s were seen to be more about housewives and even though they were sexy they didn’t make it seductive in order to please the audience. Therefore; this goes against the typical values for women as their roles are changing as years go by. Whilst watching the trailer to this movie, I noticed that the main protagonist Audrey Hepburn mostly wore dresses knee length and only showed half her legs and full arms. A vast majority of the time, the props that were worn throughout the movie was a long black dress which could signify that she’s powerful, has strong emotions and is sophisticated. Also, the fact that she wears a dark color dress can be because, she’s feeling inconspicuous and maybe empty.