Gender Roles In The Movie Toys

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Kendall Childers Amnee 206 11/02/17 Culture and Gender Concepts in Film Within our families and friends whom we do identify with develops many different forms of culture, based on the environment we grew up with. The film “Toys” by Barry Levinson, is based on a toy factory that Leslie's father created, but when his father turns ill and turns the rights of the company go to his uncle, a war-mongering general who tries to take over the company by planning to build military weapons disguised as toys. The film shows how different ways culture are used even within an family that don’t always get along. Leslie's father gives his uncle the rights to the company just before having a heart attack. Leslie’s uncle, Lt. General Leland Zevo and his cousin,

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