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In this article, the writer discusses the film 'Freaky Friday', first filmed and made popular in 1976, and then remade in 2003, with the same general story line and significantly different social and cultural messages that match the different times in which they were made. The writer maintains that each film in turn provides reflections of prevailing issues of social, economic and political issues of American culture at the time of its release to the public and these issues significantly affect the content and tone of each film. Finally, the writer discusses the comparative strategies for using genre as a vehicle for cultural comment, drawing conclusions from the comparison of the two films.

Outline:
Comparison and Contrast
Genre as Social Commentary
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"If one were to classify genre of these two incarnate films the title would likely be family comedy, and yet as is expected of remakes and originals the films are significantly different in content, elements of culture and social change and comment. Each film, in turn provides reflections of prevailing issues of social, economic and political issues of American culture at the time of its release to the public and these issues significantly affect the content and tone of each film. Finally this work will discuss the comparative strategies for using genre as a vehicle for cultural comment, drawing conclusions from the comparison of the two films.
"The original Freak Friday depicts a young girls and her mother, equally un-empathetic to each other's lives and needs. The film depicts what would happen if each person traded places with the other (in each other's bodies) and live a day in each others lives. To this extent the women learn to understand how difficult the lives of each are and empathize with the position of the other."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Carroll, Noel. "Two Comic Plot Structures." The Monist 88.1 (2005): 154.
• Freaky Friday Motion Picture, Disney 1976.
• Freaky Friday Motion Picture, Disney 2003.
• Keller, Alexandra. "From Stella Dallas to Lila Lipscomb: Reading Real Motherhood through Reel Motherhood." West Virginia University Philological Papers (2005): 1.
• Smith, Louisa. "33 Domestic Fantasy." International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Ed. Peter Hunt. New York: Routledge, 2004. 447-453.

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