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Monday, 11 December 2017

Controversy around Karen Gillan's revealing costume in Jumanji

Jumanji is a new fantasy-action film which is going to be released on the 20th of December 2017, the directer is Jake Kasdan. There has been a range of controversy towards Jumanji due to Karen Gillan's revealing costume, she plays the role of Ruby Roundhouse.
As shown by the trailer she is represented as a look alike to Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, due to her revealing and inappropriate mise-en-scĂ©ne. But there has been reports that this controversy is actually deliberate to raise a point in the film and its meant to relate to the narrative of the film. 

Additionally, Karen Gillan was completely fine with the costume because she says there is a reason behind it, as shown by the quote below:
I have chosen this piece of news to demonstrate the over sexualisation of woman across the media and film industry, even if its meant to has a reason behind it. This piece of news could link to my exam and course work to represent how woman are expected to dress inappropriate to suit a movie.

In my opinion, if Karen Gillan is fine with it and accepts the meaning behind it, i think this if acceptable and people should judge the movie before they have even watched it. 

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