Where Are the Women? Black Sea

by MaryAnn Johanson
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Except for fleeting glimpses and references, women are entirely absent from this story. But here’s a rare instance where that’s actually legitimate.

BASIC REPRESENTATION SCORE: 0

[no significant representation of girls/women]

FEMALE AGENCY/POWER/AUTHORITY SCORE: 0

[no significant representation of women in authority]

THE MALE GAZE SCORE: 0

[no issues]

GENDER/SEXUALITY SCORE: 0

[no issues]

WILDCARD SCORE: 0

Is there anything either positive or negative in the film’s representation of women not already accounted for here? (points will vary)

No.

TOTAL SCORE: 0

IS THE FILM’S DIRECTOR FEMALE? No (does not impact scoring)

IS THE FILM’S SCREENWRITER FEMALE? No (does not impact scoring)

BOTTOM LINE: While I’m sure there are some women who do roughneck-type work in deep-sea diving and marine salvage, and that one or two could have plausibly been included in the story, it’s not unreasonable that the cast here is entirely male.

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NOTE: This is not a “review” of Black Sea! It is simply an examination of how well or how poorly it represents women. (A movie that represents women well can still be a terrible film; a movie that represents women poorly can still be a great film.) Read my review of Black Sea.

See the full rating criteria. (Criteria that do not apply to this film have been deleted in this rating for maximum readability.)

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RogerBW
RogerBW
Wed, Jan 21, 2015 1:05pm

Better women being absent completely than having the protagonist do his thing because he has a sick wife to support, or whatever.

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