SMART OBJECTIVE: Idea for my major project.

 The topic that I have chosen as the theme of my final project is 'Katharine Hepburn; an icon ahead of her times'.

(Katharine Hepburn Banner)

I am going to make a podcast;  I have never done a podcast and I am a person who prefers to speak rather than write; I feel like my words when spoken are taken more seriously so I think it would be exciting to do a podcast. The work of mine will focus on the legacy of legendary Katharine Hepburn; the roles that she played; the importance of those and the impact that these parts had on the cinema. Since the beginning of her career she refused to present stereotypical beauty standard; wearing pants became her signature; in those time she was one of the first woman, public figures to wear pants; by doing so she broke gender norms; that were telling; 'women wear skirts, men wear pants'. 

Other than roles that were representing strong female characters fighting with stereotypes she also took a part in the film, that changed situation of black actors in the Hollywood ever since; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). The first big box office film that showed interracial couple as loving and beautiful relationship. After its release the film cast started to receive death threats. (Fleishman, 2017).

It is just a sneak peak of her large legacy; the final podcast will include way much more detailed information.

REFERENCES:

Fanpop, I., 2020. Katharine Hepburn - Banner. [online] Fr.fanpop.com. Available at: <https://fr.fanpop.com/clubs/katharine-hepburn/images/38254435/title/katharine-hepburn-banner-fanart> [Accessed 22 April 2021].

Jeffrey Fleishman, 2017. 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' is 50 and racial tension still a problem in America. [online] latimes.com. Available at: <https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-guess-dinner-anniversary-20170131-story.html> [Accessed 22 April 2021].