Discussion on the Generation and Incorporation of Female Subjects in Mirror Double Heroine Films

Abstract

In recent years, films with two female heroines appear frequently. The two female heroines mirror each other and construct the blooming subject in observation. Through the plot of rebellious girl’s death, the film makes the subject become a visible social subject in submission. This plot setting reflects the existence of discipline power in the film. Power marks a specific behavior as “deviant,” and relies on the public display of the punishment of deviant, as well as realizes the repeated indoctrination of discipline code in the audience through the reuse of the audience’s desire of “to be.” Audience identity ensures the smooth incorporation of power to the audience subject. The double female master setting seems to give freedom to the role and the audience, but the appearance of this freedom is the locus of power. The audience’s deviant viewing may break through in the ruins of the repeated process.