My+Sassy+Girl+(2001)


 * My Sassy Girl (2001)**


 * Plot:** A romantic and interesting relationship between an aggressive college girl and a gentle college guy.

The main female character was never given a name throughout the film. To the audience it was always referred as "The Girl". Through mis-en-scene, the outfit the main girl character dresses in is also very girl like. She wears cute pink dresses for dates. However, the actor's performance is very aggressive and extreme. The main girl character acts just like a guy. She drinks, yells, screams, fights in public, and all the other aggressive behaviors.
 * Feminist Film Theory**

The male gaze is broken in this film. The angle of the camera for both the main female and male characters are constant at eye level. There were no low angles that views the female characters downwards. The angles were similar as for the male characters. Sometimes, even the male character was viewed with a low angle. Also, both characters were framed the same. The female character is constantly framed in the middle of the shot as well as male characters. There was one editing technique used to further show the equality of both female and male characters. The split screen was the most obvious one, where the audience were able to see clearly, both the male and female character are framed exactly the same in the middle of the shot.

Through mis-en-scene, actor's performance, cinematography, and editing shows how Feminist Film Theory applies to My Sassy Girl (2001).

Through the "film lens" of cultural studies, My Sassy Girl (2001) has been very influential. It completely reversed women's role within a relationship with men. The gender equality is highly present within this film. It shocked not only the Korean society but also the whole world. Because in this film, women were no longer the "elegant, classy, lady-like, gentle, nice" one. Women were not "possessed" by men or treated as an "object". Men were no longer the ones in charge and dominant in the relationship. The women in this film was the aggressive and dominant one. The traditional gender role completely reversed. This shocked the society. This film started the film trend of "aggressive women" in not only film, but also the society.
 * C **** ultural Studies **


 * Catharsis & Mimesis **