Characters: Wendy
Wendy is the wife of Jack and mother to Danny. In contrast to Jack, Wendy is shown to be a stay at home mother, needing a house call from a Doctor /Social Worker for Danny to be seen. Wendy has no choice but to be in close quarters with her family, day in and day out.
Wendy shows classic signs of living in a domestically abusive situation. From romanticizing living in the hotel, to brushing off Jack’s aggressive as “grumpy”, to reverting into a child-self as he berates her, Wendy and Danny live as text book abuse victims through the entirety of the film.
The viewers opinion of, and reaction to, Wendy is also interesting. A mixture of blame, disgust, frustration, and outright cruelty is projected onto a character representing an abused wife.
Wendy is most often associated with food, which is a comment to women’s role in the family, domesticity, and what’s expected from them. She’s also shown wearing Jack’s clothing and performing the job he’s been hired to do, another comment on women’s roles.
She is often shown reading and being surrounded by books. A foreshadowing moment to her reading Jack’s manuscript, but it also serves as a distraction as she is often alone. While Jack is a writer, Wendy is a reader.
Based on her styling, she reflects Goofy (and behaves goofily across the film), and archetypally an assimilated Native American.
Styling, Clothing & Colors
Wendy is how there’s a “Color Saturation as Emotional Indicator” theme. For the majority of the film, she’s shown in saturated colors— and for most of the film, those colors are Red, White, and Blue.
She’s shown in pastels for 2 scenes in A Month Later, but once Jack rejects her— she’s back to saturated.
For scenes occurring Wednesday, 8AM and 4PM, she wears two layers of Jack’s clothing; what he wears in The Interview, and the blue robe he wears on Monday (No.41).
While this could easily be a comment on women wearing their male partner’s clothing for comfort and closeness, it could also speak to Wendy having to do Jack’s job— both in the literal sense (as she tends to the boilers), and the paternal sense in protecting Danny from harm.
Additionally, Wendy wears enough Native American references (or styled pieces) to talk about how this plus the consistent Red, White, and Blue creates the messaging of Wendy as an assimilated Native American.
The Interview:
Red long johns
blue plaid pinafore
Native American style leather booties
Closing Day:
Wendy is styled like the women that work in The Overlook,but she wears neutrals.
white turtleneck sweater
Brown coat/blazer
Tan plaid skirt
Tan leather boots
Fried flower broach/pin
A Month Later:
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Full Character: Wendy
Characters: Wendy
Wendy is the wife of Jack and mother to Danny. In contrast to Jack, Wendy is shown to be a stay at home mother, needing a house call from a Doctor /Social Worker for Danny to be seen. Wendy has no choice but to be in close quarters with her family, day in and day out.
Wendy shows classic signs of living in a domestically abusive situation. From romanticizing living in the hotel, to brushing off Jack’s aggressive as “grumpy”, to reverting into a child-self as he berates her, Wendy and Danny live as text book abuse victims through the entirety of the film.
The viewers opinion of, and reaction to, Wendy is also interesting. A mixture of blame, disgust, frustration, and outright cruelty is projected onto a character representing an abused wife.
Wendy is most often associated with food, which is a comment to women’s role in the family, domesticity, and what’s expected from them. She’s also shown wearing Jack’s clothing and performing the job he’s been hired to do, another comment on women’s roles.
She is often shown reading and being surrounded by books. A foreshadowing moment to her reading Jack’s manuscript, but it also serves as a distraction as she is often alone. While Jack is a writer, Wendy is a reader.
Based on her styling, she reflects Goofy (and behaves goofily across the film), and archetypally an assimilated Native American.
Styling, Clothing & Colors
Wendy is how there’s a “Color Saturation as Emotional Indicator” theme. For the majority of the film, she’s shown in saturated colors— and for most of the film, those colors are Red, White, and Blue.
She’s shown in pastels for 2 scenes in A Month Later, but once Jack rejects her— she’s back to saturated.
For scenes occurring Wednesday, 8AM and 4PM, she wears two layers of Jack’s clothing; what he wears in The Interview, and the blue robe he wears on Monday (No.41).
While this could easily be a comment on women wearing their male partner’s clothing for comfort and closeness, it could also speak to Wendy having to do Jack’s job— both in the literal sense (as she tends to the boilers), and the paternal sense in protecting Danny from harm.
Additionally, Wendy wears enough Native American references (or styled pieces) to talk about how this plus the consistent Red, White, and Blue creates the messaging of Wendy as an assimilated Native American.
The Interview:
Red long johns
blue plaid pinafore
Native American style leather booties
Closing Day:
Wendy is styled like the women that work in The Overlook,but she wears neutrals.
white turtleneck sweater
Brown coat/blazer
Tan plaid skirt
Tan leather boots
Fried flower broach/pin
A Month Later:
Pastel blue and yellow plaid robe
booties
Her pajamas have snowflakes on them
Red bandana
White and Blue plaid shirt
Dark blue jeans
Brown leather boots
Braided pigtails
Tuesday:
bright red boots
Thursday:
Red coat
Saturday:
Bright yellow jacket with appliqués of Native American/Indigenous peoples (sombreros, teepees, cacti, mountains, sleeping mexicans)
Red and Olive plaid green scarf
Blue jeans
Moccasin Booties
Monday: Jack’s Clothing
Jack wears two layers of blue: one medium tone in his bathrobe and a navy color in the pajamas. He’s reflecting the blues in the West Wing Hallway.
Wednesday, 8AM
Gold/Brown corduroy dress/overall dress
Off-white ribbed knit turtleneck
Green and white plaid button-up shirt (that is Jack’s Interview shirt)
Tan fur lined moccasin boots
4PM
Deep blue robe, Jack’s from No.41
off-white ribbed knit turtleneck
White long johns
green and white plaid button-up shirt (that is Jack’s Interview shirt from No.3/No.5)