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Cassie Robinson

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Feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey (1975) states that “in their traditional exhibitionist role, women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness.” While women have evolved in the horror genre from being helpless to becoming successful, the victimization of women still exists, and with this role comes sexualization. ‘Supernatural’ is known for its many female characters that are stereotyped as the damsels in distress who crave sexual attention. Cassie Robinson, a woman of colour from Dean Winchester’s past who calls for his help after the murder of her father in “Route 666” (season 1 episode 13), is probably the most stereotypical example of this. Dean came to help Cassie and found that people of colour were being killed by the vengeful spirit of racist white man Cyrus Dorian. The only times we see Cassie are when she is in scenes with Dean; she is reduced to a romantic and sexual relationship with the male …show more content…

Clover developed the “final girl” theory, which refers to the last woman alive to confront the killer or to tell the story. Clover states that the killer’s victims are ‘always young and beautiful ones’ and “she is intelligent, watchful, level-headed”. She also suggested that the audience shares the perception of the killer throughout the story, yet slowly develops identification with the final girl. Jo Harvelle is an example of a countertypical approach to the female victim in ‘Supernatural’ and she is indeed our final girl. Although Sam and Dean are our protagonists, it could be argued that Jo Harvelle is our female protagonist in “No Exit” (season 2 episode 6). Jo is the one to put together a case on the murders of six young blonde women in an apartment building in Philadelphia, which comes as a surprise to Sam and Dean. She is also young, blonde and beautiful herself, immediately showing the characteristics of a final girl in

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