From Casino Royale to Spectre: Daniel Craig's James Bond

Dodds, Klaus; Funnell, Lisa

doi:10.1080/01956051.2018.1423204

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“…In addition to the protagonist, the director of the film, Sam Mendes is replaced by yoga guru Baba Ramdev; exotic locations are substituted for a Hindu temple; the trademark Bond musical riff is replaced by a song from an Indian epic Mahabhaarat ; and the plot is captured by a stereotypical Bollywood‐style storyline. The reconceptualization of the Bond movie is complete as it replicates a mainstream Bollywood movie that according to Devasundaram (2016, p. 58) functions as a custodian of ‘Indian traditions, family values, patriarchy, heteronormativity and Hindu religious sensibilities.’ This is in direct contrast to the so‐called Bond formula, with its ‘gadgets, glamorous locations, spectacular action sequences, and an array of fiendish villains and beautiful companions for Bond to showcase his sensual skills’ (Dodds & Funnell, 2018, p. 4).…”

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“…In this new manifestation of James Bond movies, the iconic James Bond character is replaced by a veteran Indian actor, and Bond's 007 code is replaced by the symbol of the sacred sound, om . According to his literary creator Ian Fleming, Bond was supposed to be ‘a fit, masculine, virile, heterosexual, (Cambridge) educated professional man who could manipulate and intimidate men and when needed charm and seduce women, whilst retaining a well‐honed capacity to escape from mortal danger if need be’ (Dodds & Funnell, 2018, p. 3). However, in the tweets in Table 3, the very character of James Bond as a suave British secret agent is transformed into a god‐fearing and virtuous Hindu male who wears an Indian outfit ( kurta ), prays at a temple, and purifies his vodka with holy basil ( tulsi ).…”

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Satiric parody through Indian English tweets in Twitter

Kathpalia

2022

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This paper examines satiric parody in Hinglish tweets that users created in response to the censorship in India of the James Bond movie Spectre. The analysis reveals the creativity with which users conflated two different cultures (Indian and Western) and languages (Hindi and English) in their tweets for a parodic portrayal of James Bond in an Indianized avatar and a satirical criticism of the underlying conservative ideology behind the censorship of the movie. Rather than taking the form of acrimonious debate on the issue of censorship, the #SanskariJamesBond tweets show how users dealt with the issue through satirical user‐generated Twitter memes. This study demonstrates that parody through code‐mixed tweets is an effective way of highlighting controversies, taking a stand on them, and, simultaneously, countering conflicting views through a collective public response on a social media platform.

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Satiric parody through Indian English tweets in Twitter

Kathpalia

2022

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“…Specific studies have been developed about the last James Bond, interpreted by Daniel Craig (Cox, 2014;Dodds & Funnell, 2018;Hines, 2018;Hochscherf, 2013;Holliday, 2018;Jones, 2018;Merwe et al, 2018;Thomas, 2018). In Craig's first film it is identified (Shim, 2008) the character has made some changes regarding Bond's relationships with 106 Duque et al -No time to lose women.…”

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No Time to Lose Sex-Appeal

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The James Bond films have had great impact in society from the first one to the most recent one (1962-2021). Much research has been conducted on them, particularly about masculinity and femininity representations. Bond habitually embodies a model of masculinity that disdains women in repetitive dynamics in each film disguised as a halo of seduction. It is identified that this masculinity model has changed in the last films towards a more sensitive and less sexist one. However, the audience’s perception of Bond’s attractiveness according to this change has not been analyzed in depth. This paper aims at studying people’s perceptions of Bond’s attractiveness as the character’s way of treating women changes, particularly in the last film No time to die. To that end, film reviews and user comments in digital platforms were revised. Then, 6 interviews have been conducted. Results show that the language of ethics is used mostly to refer to the correctness of Bond’s changes. The language of desire is mainly used to express a preference for the attractiveness of the traditional model of Bond’s masculinity. A discussion about the language of ethics and the language of desire related to the coercive discourse is made proposing further research.

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“The hyena who stalks the capitalist deserts”: imagining the ‘anti-Bond’ in the works of John le Carré

Oldham¹

2023

Intelligence and National Security

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From Casino Royale to Spectre: Daniel Craig's James Bond

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Satiric parody through Indian English tweets in Twitter

Satiric parody through Indian English tweets in Twitter

No Time to Lose Sex-Appeal

“The hyena who stalks the capitalist deserts”: imagining the ‘anti-Bond’ in the works of John le Carré

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