Both King’s novel and John Carpenter’s film adaptation, CHRISTINE, also released in 1983, highlight the evolving roles of women in American society and the difficulty in breaking long standing gender stereotypes.Īrnie is a “dork,” cowed by his overbearing mother Regina (Christine Belford) and picked on by his peers. True to the time-period, this story of female autonomy is framed through the lens of the central male character and as Arnie transitions into manhood, Christine’s powers encourage him to objectify the women in his life and embrace the toxicity of 1950s masculinity. Arnie must battle competing forces telling him what it means to be a man and how he should treat the women in his life. But hidden within this high-octane horror story is a deeper tale of love and friendship in the waning days of adolescence. Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) is a high school senior who finds and fixes up Christine, a 1958 Plymouth Fury that develops murderous autonomy. On the surface, Stephen King’s 1983 novel CHRISTINE is about an evil car with the ability to drive itself.
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