Stereotypes

Mr and Mrs Smith Trailer
In this trailer, Angelina Jolie, who plays Jane Smith, goes against the stereotypical view of a woman. This is because she is seen as being equally as powerful as her husband, Prad Pitt, who plays John Smith.

Mr and Mrs Smith is about a married couple, who feel the spark and mystery in their relationship is lost, but they soon discover they are both enemy assassins and the target is eachother.

Jane is seen at first as being a stereotypical housewife her class is seen as middle calls, with a grand house, she's white American in her 30s and her sexuality is heterosexual.

Firstly at the begging of the films, Jane Smith is seen as being an ordinary housewife, she cooks, cleans, makes dinner for her huspand everyday, etc... However we are then revealed that Jane Smith is an assassin. Through this we then see her as being a powerful woman, however it is arguable that her power is taken away from her through her being sexually objectified, however you could also say that she gains her power through being sexualised, as a sexualised woman can be seen as being intimidating to alot of men.

When Jane returns home she wears long skirts and shirts and cardigans, a stereotypical outfit of a female housewife. When being seen as an assassin Jane is seen wearing all black, and in one scene when she visits a man in a hotel who she then kills, she is wearing a short black leather dress with a whip, during this scene she's seen as having full control over the man, because she is sexualised he follows all her instructions etc... Which then leads to her killing him, going against the stereotypical role of a housewife.

As the filmsm goes on Jane is seen as an equal to her husband, this is shown through a fighting scene when it appears John is winning and he says "come on sweetheart come to daddy" and then Jane gets up and punches John and says "who's the daddy now". This goes against the traditional stereotype of a woman being weaker than a man, who would usually be seen as a masculine alpha male,nhowever Jane goes against this by winning a fight against her husband.