The Clips

If you dont know what "The Sopranos"is about you should be ashamed of yourself but watch this brief outline of all the 6 seasons.



The women that work in the club are stereotypically represented as whores and the men see them as worthless whores who are expendable. The Sopranos portrays the women as either whores the fulfil the gang members sexual needs as well as the male audiences fantasy/sexual pleasures.




Laura Mulveys theory towards both women and men is relevant to my independent study on “The Sopranos”, I am focusing whether or not the media industry has subverted from the stereotypical sexual representation of women. Luara Mulvey refers to the male gaze, in which women are viewed as mere sexual objects fulfilling the males’ sexual desires and fantasies. This applies to the media text I am studying as there are many scenes such as when Ralph Cifaretto beats his “gumar” outside “the bing”. The girl is beaten to the ground; the high angle shot on the female highlights the dominant representation of men, and enforces patriarchal views/society. Moreover women in The Sopranos are referenced as “whores/gumar” words such as just etcs emphasise the nothingness and worthlessness of women.