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I think the film Cusp displays well gender and power and how that’s the “everydayness.� Alice seems to be really confused because she is trying to figure out what the real role of women in society is at a very young age. I think she is put in the situation where she has to decide if she should actually “act� as a woman and take the responsibilities of a woman. I think that’s very smart for a kid of her age to do or even think about, because other young girls like her would just simply embrace the fact that women must dress up or must do certain things. I would call Lila a bad influence on her, because she is ruining Alice’s little world where she believes that women are just pretty and they put on make up, dress up and that’s it. Lila is telling her that they do it for the man, and they have to do it every day, otherwise they won’t get the man and the attention they desire. Alice realizes this when Lila dresses her up and puts make up on her. She walks down the street and the man are looking at her and she tries to cover up.
Power is also something that is portrayed well in the movie. There are two kinds of power that come up in the film: social power and the power between gender. Social power is seen when Alice is ranked as less and not cool in her school from not having a sleeping bag. Not owning this material puts her in the not cool list and she loses her best friend. Power between genders is seen when the boys in Alice’s class are all loud and rude but, and while the Alice who has also raised her hand but in a more polite manner doesn’t get called on. Maybe if she was as loud she would get called on too, but again she can't be loud because society doesn't allow her, that's her gender role. This shows that the boys have more power. Also the man have the power to make Lila sad and desperate.