Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film
This research investigates if it is easier to adapt male superheroes to commercially successful films, using the adaptation of X-Men as a case study. Reviewing existing interviews and sales data identifies concerns affecting the selection of film protagonists. These concerns are compared to stereoty...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
Curtin University
2021
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88379 |
| _version_ | 1848765010677858304 |
|---|---|
| author | Hooper, Tegan |
| author_facet | Hooper, Tegan |
| author_sort | Hooper, Tegan |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | This research investigates if it is easier to adapt male superheroes to commercially successful films, using the adaptation of X-Men as a case study. Reviewing existing interviews and sales data identifies concerns affecting the selection of film protagonists. These concerns are compared to stereotypical gender differences in X-Men comics that inspired the films. This analysis finds that because of these differences, male superheroes can more easily be adapted than female superheroes, to commercially successful films. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:28:27Z |
| format | Thesis |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-88379 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:28:27Z |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | Curtin University |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-883792022-05-04T08:22:36Z Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film Hooper, Tegan This research investigates if it is easier to adapt male superheroes to commercially successful films, using the adaptation of X-Men as a case study. Reviewing existing interviews and sales data identifies concerns affecting the selection of film protagonists. These concerns are compared to stereotypical gender differences in X-Men comics that inspired the films. This analysis finds that because of these differences, male superheroes can more easily be adapted than female superheroes, to commercially successful films. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88379 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hooper, Tegan Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| title | Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| title_full | Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| title_fullStr | Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| title_short | Is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? What the X-Men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| title_sort | is it easier to make superhero films with male protagonists? what the x-men can tell us about the challenges of adapting female superheroes to film |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88379 |