Fatal Attraction

Being that I have not seen Fatal Attraction in its

entirety, I can only go on what I saw. I thought that the clips

expressed a powerful commentary on the struggle for power within the

husband and wife’s marriage. In the first clip when he is apologizing

for the affair, he is shown standing over his sobbing wife as to show

that he had the power to not only ruin the marriage, but also to try and

decide to make things work. Though it seems like the man has the most

power in the beginning through the few clips shown it seems like the

women are more in control of the man than anything else. While Anne

Archer’s character emphasizes the role of the victim and the wrongfully

betrayed wife, she is still able to manipulate how the entire situation

will go. His wife after all throws him out, and later decides to let him

come back.  As seen, her quiet demeanor not only makes her husband feel

guilty for the entire situation, but also on edge. With one scream she

is able to throw her husband into an extreme panic, enabling him to come

to the rescue, while she goes off to find a means to Glen Close’s demise. 

Glen Close’s character also seems to be in the struggle for control due

to the fact that she is unwilling to let her one time affair go. She

becomes pregnant and with that believes that removing Archer’s character

is the only way she and Douglas’s character will have a chance. By

breaking into the house and attacking the wife she not only displays

clear signs on insanity, but also signs of control through intimidation.

She not only appears to be insane, but goes a step further to cut her

own leg to show that she is willing to mutilate herself and destroy his

wife to get what she wants.  As for her attacking Archer’s character,

and being diverted into fighting her former lover, she is as the cliché

goes “in it to win it.” She fights back against Douglas’s character

until he has no other option that to strangle the life out of her, or

until he thinks he has saved the day. Once Douglas’s character thinks he

is in the clear and has successfully saved his wife, Close shoots up

with one last breath of air to maim her former lover, only to terrify

him and to be shot dead by her nemesis and lovers wife.

For the second Movie Anchor Man, I thought it was such a hilarious

commentary on how men and women reacted and sometimes still do when

trying to mate with each other. The “power of the flute” scene shows him

almost performing solely for his anchor associate as she calls herself.

 Burgundy expresses himself as a peacock trying to gain the attention of

his mate, while making a mockery of the entire first date situation. She

on the other hand tries not to be wooed by her male counterpart, but is

unsuccessful due to the fact that he is liked by the entire club. Her

demeanor shows that while she is trying to resist his charm she is

falling victim to the crowds reaction and doubts her first intentions.