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Explore the way that different groups of people are represented in Stranger things and D83

In ST we see countertypical representation of women (especially considering the 1980's setting) in that we see empowered, aggressive women. We see the social worker murder Benny, Eleven kills two men, and although Nancy inst aggressive , she does control the scene with her and Steve. It is an interesting subversion of stereotypes - the 1980's setting leads us to expect submissive, powerless women, but the 21st century construction transfers modern ideologies and values and empowers women. When we first meet the social worker, we view her from a high angle shot, from the point of view of Benny. This reinforces the patriarchal hegemony which tricks us into thinking that she is a typical submissive women. How ever, when she shoots Benny, she is elevated onto an equal level with the other government officials, and is even empowered through a low angle shot. This reinforced by the editing- the screen time she is given compared to the (silent and nameless) male officials is significantly greater, therefore empowering her. This shocks the audience, which is important for narrative, but the Duffer Brothers are also trying to highlight the everyday sexism in society- even though we are a modern audience, we fell into the trap of putting sexist assumptions onto the scene.