... communication barrier is present. That is, the audience is prevented from knowing the full title of the film, as the action heroine is masking it from view. The preferred reading is that the audience will recognise the action figure, and all that she represents, from the huge success of the previous film, as well as the infamous video games. After performing a content analysis of the film 'Tomb Raider: Lara Croft', it became evident that Angelina was the only visible female character, who featured in more than one scene. This emphasises the extreme oppression faced by women due to overwhelming patriarchy, and the loneliness accompanied by this struggle for survival. (Even the robotic machine featured in the film is appropriately named 'Simon'.) Ironically however, Angelina still meets the 'male gaze'; "she was generally praised for her physical performance"¹, whilst reversing almost every other gender stereotype in existence. For example, the housewife ...

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