And the violence it proffers is sporadically extreme. It stops only reluctantly for the occasional breather. In conclusion, Mad Max: Fury Road uses the beautiful desert landscape and grotesque violence as a way to play out conflicts of power and equality. Mad Max: Fury Road is, essentially, a two-hour car chase through the wastelands of Armageddon. They recognize the ability of the women to lead and are ecstatic to see the end of Immortan Joe’s tyrannical rule. The traits of peace-building and just leadership in the women are evident and applauded at the end of the film when the return to the Citadel and are welcomed by the both the people that live below the Citadel, the war-boys and the women exploited for their milk.
In contrast, the characteristics of the female characters are depicted as constructive and the only way to increase stability and peace. Their brutish, violent behavior and their desire to impress Joe to be the root cause of the current unequal, dysfunctional society and is depicted as an “agent of suffering and oppression” (Steven, 2015). Some women are hooked onto milking machines like cattle while Joe’s wives spend their days in a locked vault separated from everyone else only to be used as breeders and are not thought of as people but as the property of Immortan …show more content… The large amount of what is typically considered masculine characteristics show by Immortan Joe, his war-boys and his allies, the Gas Man and the Bullet Farmer are cast in a negative light throughout the film.
The situations these women face are dehumanizing and deplorable. This scene really depicts the role of women in the Citadel as subservient and that their only purpose is to provide him with resources like milk or children. The film begins when Max is abducted by a party of “war boys” who take …show more content… A scene that depicts the power Immortan Joe and the other men have is when multiple women are shown being milked. This examination of power and gender can extend to examining the greater society where men and women deal with gender roles and where they face to either overcome predetermined social stereotypes, fight to uphold them or are forced to conform. Taking place in a desert wasteland caused by nuclear war, Mad Max: Fury Road examines power that individuals have and the role gender has in determining power. The fourth instalment and a ' revisiting ' of the Mad Max franchise, it was produced by Kennedy Miller Mitchell and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. Miller collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay. The most recent instalment in the Mad Max franchise does all that and more. Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller. Student Number: 3070107 A film like Mad Max: Fury Road, like any blockbuster, is meant to excite, entertain and elicit emotions. Show More Gender and Politics in Mad Max: Fury Road Matrix: Resurrections star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has exited George Miller’s Furiosa the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road spin-off.
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