Miss Representation Essay

The title of this documentary is Miss Representation. The title holds significance in that it’s essentially a play on words. The “Miss” part of the title can be interpreted in two ways; one of which is the female term “miss” and the other as the prefix “mis”. When analyzing the title from the view of “miss”, the message that women cannot be taken seriously, that women live in a man’s world, and that women are objectified compared to their male counterparts and other women, is portrayed. On the other hand, when analyzing the title from the perspective of “mis” it becomes evident that the documentary is testifying to the fact that women are misrepresented in society for everything ranging from their accomplishments, to achievements, to body type,
Conclusively this documentary, Miss Representation, examines the multiple ways in which women are negatively portrayed in the media and how that prohibits young women from excelling in today’s society.
Women are negatively portrayed in the media today but that wasn’t always the case. The documentary presents an overview of the history of women's roles/characters in film in the 1920s to 1940s and contrasts them to the roles/characters of women in film in the past decade (or so).
The contrast in the characters and roles of women from each time period is undoubtedly different. Referencing to the film industry between the 1920s-1940s women played more fearless and well-rounded roles. Women could be seen playing the role of the mother, the seductress, the
Eva Newbold: punctuation goes inside the quotation marks: "mis."

saint, and the powerful. There was no issue with the woman being able to do it all because she was independent and strong willed. When we turn to the film industry in the 2000s a sharp difference in female roles and characters becomes evident. In this time period women become sex objects, women can be independent but they still dress provocatively, women are never