In this episode of Killing Eve, Eve Polastri and her coworker Bill go to Berlin to chase an assassin who just killed a high ranking official of the Chinese military.
During this episode, Eve for the most part does not explicitly show feminine or masculine characteristics. However, she does break gender stereotypes in an important scene. She makes a plan to have dinner with an official working for the Chinese government to get information on the man who was killed. Prior to the dinner, she is told by her coworkers that she must dress up and impress him, and maybe even flirt with him if she has to to get information from him. In this way, she is expected to be flirty and in a way subordinate to a man. However, during the date, Eve very explicitly tells the man she just wants information and is not interested in flirting with him. Eve is breaking female stereotypes by taking control of the situation.
In class, we recently learned about how there are genres targeted specifically towards women. Whereas many spy movies (such as James Bond) typically have male leads and are targeted towards men, this show has two female leads, and therefore is probably targeted towards women.
Shared by: Claire Olson
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