Definition
Binary opposites are used in films to help plots, they are also used in music
videos as part of a narrative to reinforce song lyrics.
Levi-Strauss believed that the way we understand words depends not on
the meanings attributed, but by our understanding of the word in relation to
its ‘opposite’.
Example - Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
A Straussian binary opposition is offered through the representation of Hobbs and Shaw. While Hobbs is portrayed as an American agent with a muscular appearance, a plain t-shirt, and tattoos who drives a displacement motorcycle, Shaw is seen as an elegant London man who wears suits and drives a fancy car. Based on the portrays on the poster film, the actions of Hobbs and Shaw during the sample scene also further indicate their opposite personalities where Shaw is an agent who likes to follow the route and refuses to put too much effort into his work, as shown in how he minimizes his action when fighting or uses the elevator instead of jumping straight out of the window. Hobbs on the other side is free-spirited and spontaneous, he likes to go with the flow, rolling around fighting with the enemies, jumping off a tall tower, and doesn’t mind breaking the glass or getting hurt. Overall, the representation of Hobbs and Shaw constructs a view that Americans usually like to act freely and sometimes cause chaos, while British people are more ordered and want to keep their clean image, they also care a lot more about their looks compared to Americans.
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