There is a quote about Carrie within the book in which the writer claims
that the director of Carrie portrayed women as pigs. This is done by using
menstrual blood and the beginning of the scene to represent women and
at the prom scene, he drowned Carrie in pig's blood. These both happen after
Carrie has her few moments of pleasure. Woman's blood and pig's blood flow
together signifying horror, shame and humiliation.
Often directors that are similar to this are White, middle aged and middle class.
I agree with the book's quote as it may be true. But only to a certain extent. We as an audience do not know what the directors are thinking unless we are actually them. What the writer see's is the own interpretation of the film and I also see it in her view as well, however, this is only because in the film, Carrie is seen as nothing and the 'others' by the characters in the film, which is why she is compared to a pig and not necessarily all women in general. We see pigs as nothing just like how characters see Carrie as nothing.
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