The stereotypical gender
role reversal here is the gimmick.
It doesn't shake out the way you might expect; there's a bit of
role reversal here.
There are some delicious
role reversals here, especially with the younger man lusting after the older woman.
Not exact matches
Here too one must wonder at the depth of the change if there is too total a
reversal so that we only have a new set of actors in the traditional good - guy and bad - guy
roles.
The temptation
here is to get involved in a Freudian analysis of why Mark and June were led into such an «unnatural»
reversal of
roles.
But based on the recent performances, it looks like there is some sort of a
ROLE REVERSAL going on
here...
There's a sort of transformative ordeal that usually ends up with the justifiable killing of the disenfranchised by the enfranchised - a catharsis of pain, followed by a violent
role reversal (The Hills Have Eyes is also a good example
here).