Traditionally, the time setting of 'Get Carter' is depicted as a time of sexual liberation and freedom for women (thanks to the pill). Many films represent this time as a bright colourful world of drugs and sexual freedom (films like Austin Powers, etc) however 'Get Carter' shows us a more realistic depiction of the swinging sixties where women were imprisoned by the invention of the 'pill' and that the sexual/drug related freedoms led to a lot of crime and violence. In 'Get Carter', the men are depicted as dominant figures who resort to violence quickly, and use their dominance against women and men who threaten it. The most powerful figures in the film are male (examples: Kinnear, Fletcher Brothers, etc.) while the women are given dominant or lower roles (examples: Edna, Glenda, etc.)
When we first meet Margaret, we are given a great example of male dominance from Carter. In the beginning of the scene he calls out to her, to get her attention, and follows her. When they converse, he looks down at her and talks quite seriously, the camera follows him to show that he has control in the scene despite Margaret's defensive nature. When Margaret tries to leave and end the conversation, Carter roughly grabs her and asks "Who killed Frank, Margaret?". She is trying to 'defy' him so he is showing his dominance through violence, which was a common thing that happened between men and women around that time when they felt their position was threatened. She avoids the question and makes to leave but he demands to meet her later on to discuss it more privately, she loses the fight for dominance here as she has no objection. In this scene, Carter shows the result of threatened dominance through his rough actions and stern tone however he never loses his 'dominance' because, as I said before, the camera stays on him the most and he is more dominant in conversation.
First Meeting Glenda shows us male dominance and representation greatly, from Carter. The main point is that he ignores her for quite a while to listen to Kinnear because from his viewpoint, the information from a man is more important than the information from a female (despite the fact that Glenda is telling him about the Fletcher brothers.) His attention is drawn to her when she mentions the Fletcher brothers, however he only then starts to pay attention to her body and not her words, which is backed up by the fact that his eyes scan over her body as he smiles and nods at what she is saying. He is not taking her seriously and only cares for the body he is being presented. In this scene, Glenda is drowned out by the card game (that has nothing to do with the plot) while she is talking about important information for both the viewer and Carter but we are unable to hear her much, which backs up the point of men's opinions and information being more valuable and important than female's.
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