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How is gender discussed in Absolutely Fabulous?
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How is gender discussed in Absolutely Fabulous? Absolutely Fabulous presents us a world in which misrule is allowed to continue and in which the inverted order of power (i.e. one in which women are allowed to have a significant degree of power) is allowed to continue, to be normalized. The show sets the entire issue of the inversion of power in terms of gender within the context of comedy. It also explores the two main female characters, Edina and Patsy, whose roles disrupt traditional engendered rules of power. Edina and Patsy, violate some traditional expectations that we have of the feminine, but play in more sophisticated and ambiguous ways. In some respects a domestic sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous satirises the matriarchal household of fashion P.R. executive, Edina and the women around her, including her unruly best friend, Patsy and long-suffering daughter Saffron. Because Absolutely Fabulous remains an unusual example of a peak-time situation...
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