Taken - Representation Analysis

Non-American people are portrayed as aggressive, nefarious and sinful. This is shown through the plot and the character roles: the foreigners capture loads of girls and make them prostitutes or products to make them money. The Albanian traffickers are seen as pitiless and vicious because they use them for their own benefit and do not care for their feeling. The Arabic ‘pimps’ are seen as avaricious and sly as they acquire and auction for women who are virgin. This could possibly be because the U.S audience views non-Americans of a mysterious other to be afraid of - fraudulent and devious. Also, they could be implying that 17 year old girls should not be wondering around in foreign cities (even tourist attractions such as Paris) by themselves as it is perilous. In addition, this could show that Americans think that non-Americans believe in inequality towards women and have trades such as this major one which threatens the lives of many young, mainly innocent girls.