Wire in The Blood – Gender Representation.

In “Wire in The Blood” gender is represented in different ways. It involved many stereotypes but also some counter types. The main characters are a male and a female. The female comes across as a countertype. She is portrayed as more of a leader and a lot stronger mentally the stereotypical female. She is shown to be wearing all black in the opening shot; we know that she is a police officer so this tells us that she deals with quite important issues such as death and serious crimes. The sort of job that she does is stereotypically a man’s job so it’s as if she is breaking the mold and living in a man’s world as a woman.

The male police officer, Tony, is in some ways a stereotype and a countertype. He has the stereotypical job of a man which is being a police officer. In one clip he is putting all the pieces of the crime together and comes to a conclusion. This can be a stereotype as he is the more intelligent one rather than the female police officer. A countertype is that he babysits the young boy which isn’t often associated with men as this is a more feminine thing to do.