will examine a couple of Australian movies which offer representations of Australian masculinities and discuss how men are represented and the relationship between this and questions of Australian identity. These movies are namely Crocodile Dundee (character Mick Dundee) and The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. One point becomes evident that that the characters type symbolized in Australian movies is predominantly male centered. Australian films are inclined to show a gender intolerance towards masculinity
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exaggerations but as accurate representations of Australian men. However in today’s multicultural and well developed Australia that stereotype has since become outdated‚ although the Australian cinema continues to use the same cliché. In 1986 Crocodile Dundee hit the big screen‚ becoming a huge success not only in Australia but even in the United States‚ so much so that an Americanised version of the film was released removing some of the classic Australian slang for those who were unfamiliar with
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Do Australian people have a distinctive culture or are stereotypes of in texts true? Australians are perceived in text as‚ beer-drinking larrikins‚ people who use kangaroos as a transportation‚ crocodile wrestlers‚ lack in fashion‚ foster beers‚ desert‚ sparsely populated and bushmans and mateship. However these representations are not true. Stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. National identity is a person’s identity
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reward” (Kipling 34). There are many instances in the poem that prove how the “white man” has been extremely controlling and only take as they please. In many or most writings‚ the white man is the stranger. For example‚ In Crocodile Dundee‚ directed by Peter Faiman‚ Sue and Mr. Dundee are white‚ although they are both strangers when they went to each other’s different environments. Everyone is a stranger if put in the right circumstance and the “white man” in “The White Man’s Burden” has emerged as the
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the films is the sense of humour used in each. The humour used in Crocodile Dundee is witty‚ clever and insightful. Whereas the humour in Priscilla is sarcastic‚ insulting and vulgar. A good example of this is when Adam/Felicia says “The only life I saw for the past million miles were the hypnotized bunnies. Most of them are now wedged in the tires. So even though neither of the above representations is exactly accurate‚ the crocodile wrestler is perhaps a more authentic representation of the typical
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Australia has the terrible condition of having an essentially pointless‚ and prefabricated idea of ’Aussie-ness’ that really has no relation to our real culture or the way in which we really sea ourselves. We‚ however subscribe to these stereotypes when trying to find some expression of our Australian identity. The feature film The Castle deals with issues about Australian identity in the 1990’s. The film uses techniques like camera shots‚ language and the use of narration to develop conflict between
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The research process of this report focused on newspaper articles written by Australian and non-Australian journalist showing their perspective on Australian identity. Also the works of major Australian pop culture icons such as Steve Irwin‚ Crocodile Dundee‚ Men at Work and Priscilla Queen of the Desert have also been analytically focused upon. The findings of the report show that there are definitely stereotypical contradictions prevalent within not only Australia but also the rest of the world
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other countries categorise individuals/groups according to an oversimplified standardised image or idea. The Australian stereotype‚ as thought of by other countries mainly consists of kangaroos‚ koalas‚ boomerangs‚ Crocodile Dundee‚ didgeridoo‚ crocodiles‚ dingoes‚ convicts‚ footy‚ Crocodile Hunter‚ the outback‚ g’day mate‚ crickey‚ bugger‚ etc. The Australian stereotypes that emerged from colonial texts‚ such as ‘The Man from Snowy River’‚ ‘The Ballad of the Drover’ and ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’‚ portrayed
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A barbecue is called a “barby” there. Australians are also known to be huge sports fanatics. Cricket is the most popular sport there. The movie “The Crocodile Dundee” is said to portray the real Aussie within. Ned Kelly is a well-known name around Australia. Ned Kelly was a notorious lawbreaker way back in the earlier days of the AU. He stood up to the police and was seen as a hero‚ though he didn’t necessarily
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