The Conflicting Communication In Pulp Fiction
Many movies tend to lean more toward the interest of a single gender rather
than everyone as a whole. For instance, some may argue that the movie Pulp
Fiction was created for the entertainment of the male persuasion. Director and
creator Quentin Tarantino is notorious for his harsh, almost gory entertainment.
Pulp Fiction seems to match Debra Tannen’s description of a male affiliated
movie to the tee by the way Tarantino ties the action with the suspense of
certain rough characters. It is a rough movie that deals with the lives of
several kingpins and gangsters and their daily struggles. Yet, pervading through
all these hard-core gangsters is a woman of greater character, Mia Wallace; she
is the brave and confident wife of the kingpin Marcellus Wallace. She plays a
character that contains great confidence and portrays a woman who, in short, is
not to be messed with. In her own devious way, she seems to control the scene
whenever she is around. Whether it is her relationship to her husband or just
her strong will, Mia has a way about her that inspires and intimidates others
that surround her. Even though Mia’s independence might seem to appeal more to a
female audience, it also works to reinforce to the male dominance appeal.
It is
interesting to watch her reactions and compare then to the other main characters
of the movie. There are predominantly different reactions in the way that the
kingpin, the gangsters, and Mia handle and control different situations. There,
in Pulp Fiction, is a character that possesses the utmost of confidence and
calmness about him. His name is Marcellus Wallace, and he is the kingpin of all
the crime and action that takes place in the flick. Everything, from the clout
that he carries to his physical build, portrays a large man that contains the
knowledge and the power to win any conflict. Marcellus knows the awe that he
possesses, and he uses this knowledge to his advantage. Butch was the name of
the boxer that failed to throw a fight after Marcellus had paid him to do so. In
a gun battle between Butch and Marcellus, both men are captured and are taken to
be beat by a random storeowner. Butch then finds a way to save his and
Marcellus’s lives by escaping. Even after receiving such a harsh beating,
Marcellus still carries a sort of scary calmness about him. To keep his
reputation straight gets revenge not only on the man who beat him but all the
store owner’s family and friends also. This display of how Marcellus expresses
his anger and stress is enough to almost petrify any man.
