Ozker, Asli Bringing the Mall Term Paper

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However, the new and exciting emerging attributes of the Post-Classical Period's (1946-1962) studio system is obvious in Gidget's plot and narrative structure with its risque scenes and modernization efforts. The nostalgic backlash to earlier times are aesthetics of the Postmodern Period (1977-present) that together with the blending of the old and new create a contemporary criticism towards the senseless victimization of young kids and with Clueless, it takes us on a journey back to simpler times.

Gidget, formally, belongs to the Postclassical period when the studio system was beginning to experiment with modernization and using genre for experimentation producing risque scenes that break the direct and quite familiar plot line, in order to create excitement and a more realistic view onto straightforward genre films that audiences of the Classical period (1929-1945) had become so familiar with. Gidget had all the myths tied to the genre, however portrayed them through different iconographies and principles.
After the Second World War, there was a renewed attention to women as the men left for the battle fields and still they managed the homes effectively. This created self-reliance among women which extended after the coming back of men such that the women joined their movement in the 1960s. The sophistication of the consumer also meant that the film industry had to change and cater for the more sophisticated teenagers hence the Coming-of-Age and Teen Films.

There were several Teen Film genre experimentations and Gidget is no exception to this myth. Francie -- aka Gidget -- is a feisty Tomboy who gets what she wants by any means necessary to reach her goal. She is an a.....

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