Saturday, May 15, 2010

Hubbell Gardner and Annie Hall

Prototypes of Gentile masculinity and femininity? Counterparts?










  • Blond and handsome
  • Calm within his body and healthy
  • Athletic
  • Self-assured
  • Casual
  • Confident of his place
  • Unconcerned with the world
  • Blessed
  • Simplified world view and goals
  • Unconcerned with his talents and future
  • Unconcerned with the past
  • Lacking in empathy
  • Light
  • Privileged background
  • All-American
  • Intrigued by Katie as someone opposite from himself
  • Fun and spontaneous; concerned only with pleasure
  • Feels welcome
  • Frustrated with the Jewish Katie's pushiness and attempts to guide him
  • Ends up being less ideal than Katie first assumed








  • Care-free
  • Unambitious
  • Simple/uncomplicated
  • Fair and pretty, and slim
  • Unaggressive
  • Feels somewhat inferior to people she perceives as intellectual
  • Simplified world view and goals
  • Immature
  • Seeks "good times"
  • Awkward, but in a charming way
  • Light
  • All-American
  • Intrigued by Alvy as something exotic
  • Wholesome family with money
  • Lacking in empathy
  • Unconcerned with the past
  • Frustrated with the Jewish Alvy's pushiness and attempts to guide him
  • Ends up as less ideal than Alvy first assumed

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