La auto- representación y la comedia en el cine contemporáneo hecho por mujeres

Abstract

This research work analyzes the close relationship between comedy and female self-representation in the context of cinema developed by women. Here, the narrative process is analyzed from two perspectives: in the context of feminism linked to cinema; and in the field of comedy. Both perspectives are studied across four contemporary audiovisual authors (Lena Dunham - 1986 -, Malena Pichot - 1982- Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge – 1985 -, and Greta Gerwig - 1983), until such tendencies come together. Most comic female characters have been created by men throughout the history of cinema, and most comedy directors are also men. There have been a small number of female comedians, and only a few of those women assumed the self-representation as a mean to introduce a look of their own in the discourse of their narrative. As baseline of this work’s methodology, the theory of feminism linked to cinema was revised, as well as the theory related to the origins of comedy. Moreover, the observation and analysis of sixteen audiovisual works (four of each one of the aforementioned chosen authors) was carried out. The conclusions of this analysis allow us to deduce that women’s comedy is one of the genres that are most feared by the male imaginary. This type of comedy allows women to become real and human, and not remain as an ideal fetish, neither a male fantasy. It is believed that this is why Dunham, Pichot, Waller-Bridge and Gerwig chose self-referential comedy as the territory to express themselves.