Dr Foster and Top of the Lake

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Dr Foster and Top of the Lake

  1. Who is the main character and how are they being represented through their character traits?
  2. How does this fit with your previous conceptions of female stereotypes?
  3. Research who produced and directed both shows and consider how this may alter the way the characters are constructed.
  4. Who is the target audience for these shows and how does this alter how they are being constructed by the director.


Dr Foster

The main character is a woman called 'Dr Foster'. She is being represented as being obsessed with finding out if her husband has been having an affair. She is also represented as being paranoid. This fits with the conceptions of female stereotype as it shows that women are weak minded and become obsessed with things very easily. The directors were all male, which may suggest why the women were being shown that way. The Dr Foster series was aimed at women as it is emotional and also some women can relate to the series (A woman who believes her significant other is having an affair).




Top of the Lake

The main character is a woman 'Robin Griffin'. She is represented as being obsessed with a missing person's case. She is also represented as a inferior detective, so she isn't shown as being weak. This doesn't fit as well with the stereotype of women, as women were showed as being weak and paranoid. However the women are not seen as weak in the trailer as she is a detective and her opinions are valid. The directors were both male and female, and could be the reason why the women were treated equally and they had a higher job then some of the men. Top of the Lake was aimed at women, as the series is emotional and also based on women. (A young pregnant girl tries to down herself and the police officer, who is also a women tries to find out why.).

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