ABSTRACT

Screen Australia’s Gender Matters Program (2015–2023) addresses the underrepresentation of women in the screen industry. Older women continue to be less visible and stereotyped on screen which will be examined in this paper on the Australian television mini-series Stateless (Freeman and Moorhouse 2020). Stateless is an award-winning series commissioned and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and acquired by Netflix. This case study will apply a framework comprised of five guiding principles to writing older women to analyse the portrayal of the two major female characters. The five principles are based on unpublished Honours research data addressing the representation of older women: as the lead protagonist; as authentic, capable, complex characters; in powerful leadership positions; depicted at work in an occupation in a non-traditional role; and as flawed imperfect characters. Lauzen’s 2021 Boxed In report highlights the underrepresentation of women forty and over on broadcast and streaming services. The case study reveals that the female protagonists in Stateless are two contrasting complex, authentic characters who actively pursue their respective goals.

摘要

澳大利亚影视界的性别问题计划（2015-2023）解决了影视行业中女性代表性不足的问题。老年女性在银幕上仍然不太引人注目，并受到刻板印象，澳大利亚电视迷你剧《无国籍》（Freeman and Moorhouse 2020）中的这篇论文将对此进行探讨。无国籍是一部由澳大利亚广播公司委托放映并被 Netflix 收购的获奖剧集。本案例研究将应用由五个指导原则组成的框架来分析老年女性的两个主要女性角色的形象。这五项原则基于未发表的荣誉研究数据，涉及老年女性的代表性：作为主角；真实、有能力、复杂的角色；担任重要的领导职务；在工作中扮演非传统角色；以及有缺陷、不完美的角色。Lauzen 的 2021 年Boxed In报告强调了 40 岁及以上女性在广播和流媒体服务中的代表性不足。案例研究表明， 《无国籍》中的女主角是两个截然不同的复杂而真实的角色，他们积极追求各自的目标。