Reading Response: Seng E

Over recent decades, a considerable number of researchers have analyzed the polarity of socio-economic classes in Hong Kong, especially illustrated through female vigilantes protagonists in melodrama and noir thrillers. These heroines, while depicted as women who are able to adept multiple skills and adjust to the dual world, break the stereotype of sexualized female characters in traditional films and showcase social inequalities in Hong Kong by jumping between the underground world featuring the impoverished region, as well as the pinnacle where it fits the rich. In addition, in the melodrama film Blossom in Rainy May, the living room does not represent a private place in the house but females together to gossip. The reading also illustrates the real society of Hong Kong in each decade based on historical events. For example, it shows the development of urbanization and industrialization in Hong Kong. And the cinema has become a more leisure and famous activity. Personality, I can read the article and see the changes in complexity in Hong Kong as becoming a metropolitan city.

Hou Weng HUANG, UID:3036088905

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