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SMNTY Classics: How To Be The Final Girl In A Horror Movie

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The Final Girl Trope Is Changing a Little Bit

We were talking about the final girl trope and some of the ways that trope is changing a little bit as we go forward in story telling. A study out of 20 17 from gogle and the jana davis institute on gendern media found that in all jonerson of entertainment, men had twice the speaking and scream time, with one exception, horror. While traditionally that female scream time might have been those of the screaming victim variety, but it has been moving towards more nuanced survivors and protagonists. And i will say ive thanks to this episode for giving me some of the most fun home work i've ever had a i watched a movie called the final girl, which was

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