- Only 2 female characters - predominantly male
- Mother dependent on males - becomes single mother and has to rely on living with her father and having her children to look after eachother
- Her storyline revolves around finding a male companion and being a mother
- Caring persona - gives money to teenagers looking for food in bins, helps child looking for mother
- Perceived as weak - chased by dog and relies on her son to help/save her, plays no role in helping fight vampires at end of film - male characters have to protect her
- Relies on males throughout the entire film
- Star also dependent on males - returns to vampires when they call her away from Michael
- Male Gaze
- 'The Lost Boys' - no mention of girls or focus on missing females
- Plight of females is neglected
- Mother is loser in divorce, finds a man to solve her problems
- Sons need male role model - mother's fault sons weren't under control due to them not being given a male role model
- Star has to be saved and looked after by Michael and plays no part in fighting vampires
- Both females' only purpose in film is to find romance - Star doesn't kill Michael because she loves him
Post-Modern:
- Blurred genres
- Challenges generic conventions of vampires - mode of address/discourse
- Teenagers as vampires - identity
- Signifies the breakdown of marriage
- Entertainment as surveillance
- Troublemaker image
- Negative representation by the adults - represent the adult audience - mother allows them
- Shop owner/grandad/security guard dislike the teenagers
- Portrayed as 'cool' - aspirational image - role models to teenagers watching the film - media
- Amplification spiral / moral panic
- Generation gap - fighting eachother not the bourgeoisie
- False construct
- Lost boy represents fear of teenagers
Marxist:
- Zizek - police officer 'I told you, not on the boardwalk'
- Suggests not in public - amplification spiral
- Do not affect the tourist dollars - effect on the tourist industry - choosing profit over people
- Teenagers a threat to capitalism
- Capitalism needs a scapegoat - teenagers in this film
- The other is a fear used to create scapegoats for capitalism
- Lost Boys represents lost in society/lost in capitalism
- Bourgeoisie vs Proletariat
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