Soon the premiere of the sixth season of the television series “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s most watched series ever.
The series takes place in a fictional, medieval inspired time, where men decide and women are married off to form alliances. Among other things.
BOOK ABOUT GAME OF THRONES: professor Anne Gjelsvik think that HBO has a strategy that aims to challenge people’s morale, and that this is a good marketing strategy. Photo: NTNU
– Sexual violence is an instrument also in real war. But I do not think creators right internalises the differences between reading about a rape, as one does in George R. R. Martins books, and seeing it in the TV series, says a professor of film studies at NTNU, Anne Gjelsvik.
– HBO speculate sexual violence
Gjelsvik is co-author of the recent book “Women of Ice and Fire,” which is about female roles in “Game of Thrones.” She believes HBO speculates that sexual violence in the series.
– The series has strong and great woman characters, but also those who suffer, are raped and end up in the classic television stereotypes. One must have this woman preparation again in a universe that has so many other opportunities ?, asks Gjelsvik.
Badguy GOES NAKED: Queen Cersei Lannister, played by Lena Headey (also Ian Beattie right) has a kind Badguy effect in Game of Thrones, says Professor Anne Gjelsvik. But then she must go shame while walking naked through the city.
Women with Badguy effect
She uses queen Cersei Lannister, one manipulative and strong woman role in the series, for example.
– She has a kind of “Badguy effect.” That women can play that role I think is an important reason why the series has been so popular, says Gjelsvik.
– Cersei Lannister player games and maneuvers well in this universe, but then she punished for their actions by having to walk naked through the streets. When one is back where women are held in place through their gender, sexuality and body. She will be a beautiful woman who is prepared naked on screen.
– Important discussing sexualized female characters
She believes it contributes to the difference between the sexes when women in the series appears naked more often than men .
– I have no idea that by going out with this in a book can affect HBO’s strategies, but it is important that we discuss how sexualized female roles are perceived by us as seeing and what it means for us.
the series has previously been criticized for scenes of sexual violence, including a scene with Nicolaj Coster-Waldau and Lena Headey as many describe as a rape scene.
19-year-old Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in the series, defended recently another controversial rape scene opposite Daily Mail.
in social media, in blogs and discussion forums, takes many viewers distance from the sexual violence in the series.
HBO would not comment Gjelsvik statements specifically, but referring to earlier comments from creators, who have warned that they will tone down the sexual violence as a result of fanreaksjoner.
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