Create a 7 pages page paper that discusses feminist perspectives in the film mrs doubtfire. Traditional gender roles were visible for the most part of the history, in the recent centuries, these traditional roles evolved further or even broken, as a woman breaking their traditional roles ventured into the society to develop their professional and social lives. Furthermore, men also started to share household responsibilities. Thus, it is clear that those traditional roles were broken and also reversed. This reversal of traditional roles is visible in the 1993 comedy film Mrs Doubtfire, where the man of the family takes care of the children in disguise, while the woman leads an independent professional career. Although the reversal appears to be engineered because of scripting demands, it reflects how the traditional roles of men and women evolving in contemporary times. This paper will use the feminist lens to show how the traditional gender roles were broken through the movie Mrs Doubtfire, by first explaining about the film, then will progress into discussing ideas about feminist perspectives particularly hegemonic patriarchy, and will finally apply the theories to the film using detailed examples from the text.Mrs Doubtfire was directed by Chris Columbus using the screenplay by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon. The writers came up with the script based on the novel by Anne Fine named Alias Madame Doubtfire. Distributed by 20th Century Fox, it was a commercial success and also earned critical acclaim. Made on a budget of around 25 million dollars, its worldwide box office collection reached close to 500 million dollars. It earned wholesome praise from the critics and was featured in a number of All-time list of best comedy movies, including American Film Institute’s list.
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