Let’s make a movie called Hottentot Venus I want it to be a Disney movie. From the magical world Of sterotypes and gender roles. Frozen isn’t feminist Enough for me. I want a female and male sibling duo. Let’s raise the stakes even higher. I don’t want any racial generic animals Unless the animal is a white dove with spiked Feathers and blonde tips. If male, it should say dude and wear shorts In negative degree weather. A girl dove should speak proper English With plenty of “OMGs”, “Like” and “Beyotch” added in every sentence. Of course, the animal will be the sidekick to Princess Saartjie. She will be a descendant from the Khoikhoi, just like the real Saartjie. Her hands should be bruised, scarred and rough. Her waist should not be …show more content…
Her wish will be granted by a fairly Cunning Doctor who noticed her obvious ass- Ets and presents her with dreams of riches and fame. She should took off on a magic Boat ride to Paris who holds the key to her fabulous career as famous Freak attraction. Like all Princess, Saartjie should have a beautiful singing voice, but the focus Should be on those assets. She should perform on stage while everybody stares at her as- tronomic buttocks and enlarged labia. She should never fail to spread Her vocal resistance. She should refuse to reveal her gentle features. It won’t be like Pocahontas It should be historically accurate. Her wacky racially generic bird should leave her behind, And her fairly cunning doctor who granted her wish Should disappear in a puff of pixie dust. But what of her prince? Saartjie should be like Merida! She shouldn’t need a man to save her from her predicament. No, Prince Eric for Saartjie who sold her body to the witch doctor All for a taste of that whole new world. But’s that okay. Saartjie should set herself free But she will fail and die alone. In the end, somebody will need to save Saartjie From the isolated museum that holds her mummified remains. Her body should be laid to
be doing what she is now for the rest of her life, unless she would
she be able to control herself, or would she slip away in agony. To avoid
silence her by being more shrew than she is however this is an act of
acts like a shrew most of the time because it is the only way she knows how to get
the detail of her face in such a way that she could be almost anyone. She
Salomé is, contrary to her mother Herodias, not a wanton, and she is not at all
V, 14). She fears he is too good to do the kind of evil deeds that she is
In Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus, readers are introduced to a fictionalized version of Saartjie Baartman, a woman who was smuggled into London from South Africa in 1810 to perform in a freak show (Elkins). In both the play and in real life, Saartjie (known as the Hottentot Venus) is subject to both degradation and dehumanization throughout her short life. Some argue that The Venus has agency over her situation when she is prepositioned with different offers; due to The Venus’ circumstances and her status as a black woman during the 19th century, she does not have any control over the different offers she receives during the play.
she can be to something she wants. Early one we get a glimpse of her serious side;
realize that her full potential value will not be uncovered until she surrenders the one
and turns Addie into a baby factory in order to have children to do all the work.
she gets some. Eventually she gives in when it is time for her to go
marry her to a peasant so her children will be humbly born and pose no
obedience to show that she is a weak and entirely dependent character. Nothing that she
...would be fair to assume that she was placed in an area where she will be able to spend the rest of her days in the imaginary world she has created.