1) Billy Wilder's movie "Some Like it Hot" is regarded as a comic masterpiece. What are some of the ways the director plays with gender issues to create such a resilient comedy?

2) In the movie "The man who shot liberty valance", John Wayne plays the archetypical western hero, a man who is at once outside of the law who is also committed to upholding justice. Please discuss the contradictions inherent in his role in the film.

"SOME LIKE IT HOT"
The all-time satirical, comedy farce favorite and outrageous “Some like It Hot” produced in the year 1959, is one of the most comical films ever made. This film has had the combination of several elements, which include a part of 1920-1930s gangster films and romances. The director had one major objective, which was to include deceptive and entangled identities, cross-dressing, and reversed sex roles. It was for these reasons why the film gained so much popularity during the time and this lead to the director receiving six Academy Award nominations. Among the major themes presented in the film, the paper will discuss some of the ways the director plays with gender issues in creating such a resilient comedy.
According to Martínez, María Jesús (p. 146), aspects of cultural negotiations among others has affected for long the sexual definitions and gender representation generally. Therefore, the representation of a woman has long provided a powerful and undecided patriarchal character, heavily determined as the expression of the male awareness. Similarly, the film in question, ‘Some Like It Hot’, is viewed as a patriarchal product in which it is acting as a vessel where some of the taken-for-granted behaviors are displayed such as heterosexual love. It is also acting as a generator of alternative meanings that challenge this patriarchal structure of gender relation and gender differences. In addition, the film articulates