![]() While this was certainly a step in the right direction for women it left men unsure of their new place in the vastly changing world. This was an after effect of the rise of feminism, as women’s roles found a more dominant place and voice in the world it led to a complete turn around on the archaic idea of men as the providers and the world as a patriarchal society. The role of masculinity has changed dramatically over the past forty years, with men finding it increasingly harder to position themselves in society. It toys with the difficulty that comes from trying to handle these taboo subjects in an acceptable way in public, and in particular attempts to paint a realistic picture of what it means to be masculine in today’s society. As Mills (2008) states ‘ …It allows the audience access to Mark and Jeremy’s interior monologues only, thus focusing attention on the difficulties of particular kinds of masculinity’ The programme tackles, albeit comically, subjects such as racism, sexuality and disability from the perspective of somebody in the modern cultural climate. It is an essential text to look at in regards to masculine representations as it offers new insight into not only how men act and behave but a more brutally honest reflection of the thought processes they make. The programme manages to play with the juxtaposition of what people think and what they say. Its key defining feature is that it is shot entirely from the point of view’s (POV’s) of the characters and that the audience is privy to the inner thoughts of the two main protagonists Mark and Jeremy. ![]() It is a modern take on the ‘buddy’ sitcoms such as ‘ The Odd Couple’ (1970), ‘The Likely Lads’ (1964) and ‘Men Behaving Badly’ (1992). ‘Peep Show’ is a modern single camera sitcom from Channel 4 it started in 2003 and is currently still being commissioned. ‘Discuss masculinity and the roles of gender in Peep Show’ Without further ado, here it is. Apologies for any and all ham-fisted descriptions of feminism. This was very much the peak of my achievements. It may seem like bragging, but I failed the next module I took because I spent the entire word count of my essay referring to a noted female film theorist as ‘he’. I got a First for it, which I’m still incredibly proud of. I warn you it’s a tad pretentious but I was young, naive and excited to be taking a course titled ‘ Cultural Identities and British Television’, so what do you expect? The fact I was boasting about my film-theorising skills probably tells you everything you need to know about the sort of drunk I become.Īnyway, a couple of people were interested in reading it – more so than at the time of writing it – so I’ve reproduced the essay below, including terrible grammar and severe predilection for the word ‘fundamentally’. ![]() I won’t lie I’d been to the pub, I’d had a few and just wanted to sound clever. With that, on to the reason for this post.įollowing a brief Twitter exchange, I happened to mention that, during my university years, I wrote an essay on the representations of masculinity in the sitcom Peep Show. ![]() If you’d like to see how well I manage on a tighter rein please see my weekly Giggle Beats column. Apologies for that, but without a higher level of authority demanding I churn out posts it’s really never going to happen. Mark and Jeremy, played by David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
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