Theorists

Fannons theory - Fannon loves Halloween - putting on a white mask
- The lady from the image from the Best exotic marigold hotel is white and from the west, so is supposed to be shown to be civilised, but she's wearing traditional clothing, so putting on a mask to fit in with people in India.
                                             
- Jay Z, as he's a business man and he's a singer
- Adopting white middle class value - showing the change in their personality

Alvorados theory - Pitied, Humorous, Dangerous, Exotic - PhDE  
- The image of the Exotic items at the back from the film The Best exotic marigold hotel, reinforce Alvorado's theories, through the traditional items in the back.
                     
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Saids theory - Uncivilised East vs Civilised West
- The West being superior and helping the East, in the image of generating kill. Portraying the west to be civilised and holding power, as the US Solider, gives water to the Afghan baby, and he is seen to be a doctor in a sense to the baby.   
- The west visiting the east, helping them as they hold more power and are more economically and financially developed as well as being civilised. 
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Yasmin (2004)

Does it offer a positive or negative representation of British Muslims?

The film Yasmin, has represented British Muslims in a negative manner, as she has been going against the norm of Muslim women, as she was driving and working, which isn't expected from a Muslim women. Also, when the guy was praying, to awaken everyone into a peaceful day, the girl removes her cultural clothing, and in a sense ignores the prayers and wears English clothing and drives off, showing she has two different personalities. When in Islam you should be yourself and be truthful, she does this in private when nobody is around her, as she wouldn't want anyone to know about it. This links in with Katz and Blumlers theory of escapism, as she runs away from her lifestyle and changes. Furthermore, she disrespects her religion as she removes her hijab and as, she went into a pub, which isn't acceptable within Islam despite her not drinking anything, she was still in there, even though it wasn't shown she wasn't a Muslim girl, due to her not having any obvious factors showing she's Muslim, such as her hijab. 

However, there is a positive representation of the Muslim girl as she returns back into her cultural clothing, showing a sense of giving up and returning back and then is approached by the police. The police where white, approaching the Muslim girl, showing their racist. As, if she wasn't in that clothing they wouldn't approach her. Never the less, she was really accepting when the police approached her, and she gave all her details such as her name and how she hasn't had any points on her license. 

To what extent does the opening of Yasmin reinforce or challenge Said’s theory of Orientalism – that the west is superior to the exotic or dangerous east?

To a certain extent it would most likely show the west having power, due to the police being able have the power to stop Yasmin, due to her being muslim and questioning her. However, she stands her ground by answering the questions they would ask her, which could initially mean she's been questioned as such before, so showing a sense of being used to it, and showing herself to be a women who respects the people around her. The west are portrayed as the the opposite of what Said's theory of Orientalism would include, as the west is seen to be dangerous as shown through the graffiti and the police stopping and searching, as well as them entering the pub, which initially shows that they are going to get drunk and cause chaos. Moreover, the east are portrayed in a more sincere manner, and not dangerous. 

Post-colonialism

The representations of race and ethnicity in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony and the subsequent opinion piece of the Daily Mail website. The 2012 London Olympics ceremony portrayed themselves in a positive manner, due to the body language and movement. The music played was cheerful and complimented the atmosphere, and what the NHS was doing. The ceremony consisted of representations of the modern life in England, as the mother was a middle-aged lady and the father was black, they were portrayed as a happy family, whom were growing together. This shows how races/cultures are coming together as one. The step by step procedure of the family’s lifestyle, as they were growing up together and still in the same environment connotes the happiness of the family under one ground, showing racism doesn't exist and black and whites can live together. However, Fannon's theory goes against this as it suggests that you have to wear a mask in order to be happy, which suggests it was just an act of the family, they weren't really happy. Colonialism was a period of history in the 15th centuries when people declared that they own the land, showing the power they hold. Post-colonialism is what has been happening since 1950 empire. However, shortly after the Olympics opening ceremony the daily mail had published an article, a man named Rick Dewsbury had made this. The article portrayed the NHS to be racists, which is a negative outlook for the NHS. They didn't provide a boy with water, considering he was in the stages of dying. This shows the way the NHS don't consider somebody's health and actually aren't as caring as they may come across to, such as how they portrayed themselves within the Olympic ceremony. 

Learner Response

Why might some people in the media object to Robin Thicke's song and video for 'Blurred lines'?

WWW: some very good points, real depth to response, theory + issues included
EBI: look again at McRobbie: does this video empower women or degrade them? Does this suggest feminism is still required? 

LR: answer the above questions

I believe this video doesn't empower women at all, it degrades them in a sense that they're portraying themselves in a bad manner. As, the girls body language and movement conveys the sexual connotations the women have. This is shown in a male view as Robin  Thicke has the idea that "even good girls have a bad side" this is objectifying women, as good or bad, which is an outdated view. Moreover, men currently have more power than women, suggesting feminism is required in order to allow women to have an equal feel against men. The media objects towards post-feminism, as they would argue that women should no longer be seen any different than men. However, Judith Bulter believes that traditional feminists are wrong to divide the society into parts of men and women. He strongly holds beliefs for believing gender isn't biologically fixed. Judith believes it is socially constructed, as he states gender roles are a performance.