The good:
Video: clip from Frozen - the scene where Anna and Kristoff kiss
Video: trailer for Appropriate Behaviour
Video: trailer for Boys Don't Cry
Video: trailer for The Hunger Games
Video: trailer for Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Roles meant for men: trailers for Salt and Our Brand is Crisis
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The bad:
Who is playing these characters? What 'race'/ethnicity were they supposed to be? Clip from Pan and trailers for Ghost in the Shell, Aloha, and Dr Strange
What type of women are shown in these trailers? 27 Dresses, The Ugly Truth and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
What type of women are shown in these trailers? Unforgettable, Fatal Attraction, The Crush, Swimfan
What type of women are shown in these trailers? Elizabethtown, 500 Days of Summer, and Garden State
What type of men are shown in these trailers? James Bond: Spectre, Wolf of Wall Street, and Iron Man 3
What type of men are shown in these trailers? Fast & Furious 6, Pain and Gain and That Awkward Moment
The romantic pursuit myth (aka men following women around after they've made clear their disinterest): The Notebook, High Fidelity and Phata Poster Nikla Hero. Here are some of the translated song lyrics in PPNH:
I have a right over You
You’re my delight
If I stop You in Your paths
Then don’t be shocked
Your dog shouldn’t bark at me
If I follow You then don’t scold me
Don’t stop me without any reason
If I follow You then don’t scold me
Time travellers. Who does the travelling? Who is always stuck in one place? The Time Traveller's Wife, About Time, Midnight in Paris, The Terminator, Kate and Leopold, What happens when Marty McFly's girlfriend gets to time travel? Clip from Back to the Future 2 (Spoiler: Guardian article, Why can't women time travel?)
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The contrasts:
Kids: trailers for Boyhood and Girlhood (aka Bande Des Filles) and a clip from the latter
Vampires: trailers for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Lesbian Vampire Killers
Obtaining/returning lost women/girls: trailers for Taken, Stolen, Live Free or Die Hard and Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Count the women: supercut trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and trailers for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey and The Incredibles
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