That's the biggest victory of this movie. The message that cooperation, solidarity, compassion and egalitarianism will win over authoritarianism, classism and toxic masculinity, and that the first set of values isn't exclusively feminine and icky.
@tamujin111225 жыл бұрын
yet hierarchies seam to form at every turn of human endeavor. Also the motivation that status bring is a powerful one, a driving force for innovation and cooperation, if we truly became socially egalitarian this would diminish.
@paulworkswellwithothers97355 жыл бұрын
Hindrance How exactly would your philosophy play out? Please be concrete. I have a feeling you're doing what Lobster Peterson is doing by (1) saying something uncontroversial but vaguely running counter to progressivism ("hierarchies exist and are inevitable), (2) waiting for people to take the bait by giving their own interpretation of the vague yet suggestive statement ("so you say discrimination is socially necessary to achieve better standards of living?"), and then (3) complain that everyone is reading too much into what you're saying/ having the wrong interpretation of it ("I never said that, I only said that hierarchies are naturally occurring!") What I'm saying here is: what's your point? Be specific.
@tamujin111225 жыл бұрын
@@paulworkswellwithothers9735 Well Relational/Social Egalitarians want citizen to have the same social status as any other citizen. Doyle said this would win over authoritarianism, classism ++. I just wanted to mention that if Egalitarianism wins we would probably have less innovation and productivity because people are motivated by social status. When it comes to hierarchies I guess its a meme, just used it to segue into my point.
@ilyasantonov2125 жыл бұрын
@@tamujin11122 Social status is one motivating factor. There are others. A desire to create: I don't create music for social status, but rather to share and take part in a group activity (music culture, playing live, collaborating). Wanting to help the common good is another factor.
@tamujin111225 жыл бұрын
To be fair if what you want is to remove the status connected to things like your nature(what your born like) I think that would be good, I realize egalitarianism is super vague so I might need you to be more specific.
@timothymclean5 жыл бұрын
It's interesting how the reason that _nobody_ is special is near-indistinguishable from an argument that _everyone_ is special.
@miket78695 жыл бұрын
Syndrome: "And when everyone's super, no-one will be."
@kamillayessenova44825 жыл бұрын
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."
@enfercesttout5 жыл бұрын
Uniqueness and generalness are never mutually exclusive. A unique person can only be unique if there is such a thing as "man", and that unique man is also a man, otherwise you can't name it. Unique is a general term itself. And "man" is only extracted from unique example and can not be reduced to it, otherwise two are same. Every person, every object being unique to some extent, and generalities are something other than unique observable example is an accepted philosophical position of nearly every philosopher.
@Dorian_sapiens5 жыл бұрын
Timothy McLean Maybe that's why I found the point at 7:13 confusing. Non-interchangeable seems to imply special.
@rugbyguy595 жыл бұрын
I would say it implies individuality even within character types but being an individual doesn't mean you have a special role to play. Any number of the mothers, for example, could be the last girl. But they would be the last girl simply because they survived longest not because they had a character shaped by a trope that predetermined they must be "the last girl."
@lagunasandroide4 жыл бұрын
I find it hilarious that slasher movies were so controversial in the 80s for, you know, the sex and violence, when the themes usually promote abstinence and "purity."
@aprilbeson20733 ай бұрын
I think it had sth to do with the fact that they emphasized the purity of the final girl by contrasting it with the oversexualization of most other characters
@Vontux4 жыл бұрын
I like how phony Joe's medals are. One of them is just a random piece of some random circuit board cut to shape lol.
@kylelogan92982 жыл бұрын
All medals are just random objects that we assign value too
@iprobablyforgotsomething20 күн бұрын
@kylelogan9298 -- Well, obviously. But 'official' medals and what they represent (concepts, like valor) or indicate (events; participation in positive, or action [usually life-saving] taken in negative circumstances) or infer (about an individual) are recognized beyond a single person or small ingroup. . And most people don't have to know, on sight, every award or metal out there to recognize when one they see is basically about as 'real' looking as one you can get out of a random-prize machine for the cost of a single quarter.
@iprobablyforgotsomething20 күн бұрын
P. S. *Medal, not metal; thanks, auto-incorrect.
@DS-wp2dj5 жыл бұрын
MASKulinity thanks for coming to my TEDTalk
@pakki65553 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@SlugSage3 жыл бұрын
😩😂
@gravityvertigo135795 жыл бұрын
"It's drivin' me nuts!" LOL
@jayglenn8373 жыл бұрын
"A Lateral, not Vertical, power structure where specialness is not a prerequisite to rights, privledge, or empathy. A Cooperative where no one is fungible or disposable and no one is special or elite. People form interdependencies with each other of their own free will and may leave at any time if they wish. No one earns a place in Society or the empathy of the [Community] by proving themselves unique. It's simply assumed that everyone is deserving of both." I swear, I'm going to start a commune someday with that as the mission statement.
@DunantheDefender3 жыл бұрын
"It's literally the difference between a tower and a convoy." I just really liked that observation.
@dorkmax70733 жыл бұрын
Interesting that the horror genre's fascination with "the insufficient man", as you put it, corresponds with the first steps toward research in serial killers at the Behavioral Science Unit in the FBI, who, at least believed, they saw a pattern in serial killers over sexual inadequacy, unusual fetishes, mother issues, etc.
@avivastudios231110 күн бұрын
So horror movies are actually somewhat accurate? K.
@TheHadMatters2 жыл бұрын
The yonic nature of the shape of the rabbithole that is phallic imagery is such a fatal blow to all wannabe Freuds.
@animalxINSTINCT895 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I just realized Fury Road is an allegory about the Spice Girls
@wyleong43264 жыл бұрын
Every boy every girl, spice up the world!
@RegsaGC5 жыл бұрын
I have never seen a slasher movie but am disturbed by that characterisation of the genre. Is it really, accurately portrayed here? As a kind of more-murdery-than-the-original adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
@vega07275 жыл бұрын
I never made the chocolate factory comparison (and I absolutely will in the future, thank you) but yeah. It generally starts with a group and shaves them off one by one. The Scream series even makes this part of its commentary. And Cabin in the Woods (spoilers, but you don’t watch slashers anyways) the real big bad is a command center, not unlike NASA during a launch, that forcibly sacrifice 5 archetypical teens in region specific tropes to ancient gods to stave off their destruction of humanity. In the American sacrifice the “virgin” must survive or die last. So it’s really just a big critique on the chocolate factory formula.
@matilyn_rf5 жыл бұрын
That Jason X scene is still funny enough to redeem having to watch it at all.
@LogicGated2 жыл бұрын
I feel like horror leans into tropes harder than most genres.
@Holobrine5 жыл бұрын
Never thought Fraggle Rock would be invoked in movie analysis.
@garfieldpuzzlebox54105 жыл бұрын
Hey man, great video, but did you just compare the wives to fraggles?
@InnuendoStudios5 жыл бұрын
fukin right i did
@terbo20005 жыл бұрын
@@InnuendoStudios ALWP.
@dubitataugustinus5 жыл бұрын
My internal fanboy is telling me to tell you this: I wouldn't use Sidney from Scream as an example of a cliche final girl. Like, ever. In fact, this movie is already making a parody of the trope, something that becomes clear with the fact that, for starters, she is NOT a virgin! she actually has sex with one of the killers. Randy, who actually is a virgin, makes a joke about the purity of horror movie survivors at the end. He's sort of a... final boy? lol Also! the film at 4:23 is the first Texas Chainsaw, not the second one as the label indicates. Rant over. Love your videos!! :)
@Mercure2504 жыл бұрын
3:18 Hey... I'm not like other girls... I've got... SNAKE ARMS
@kevincrady28315 жыл бұрын
@8:50 - The "fetishization of the virgin" trope is further subverted by the way she's carrying the dripping gas pump in a phallic pose/position, turning her, symbolically, into an alchemical Androgyne.
@BitchofRome5 жыл бұрын
I have to point out that "Scream" actually challenges this trope, and I don't mean in the sense of your point in the last video that a trope is not a single person, etc. I mean in the sense that the "Scream" films were all about seeing the tropes, and then commenting on them through challenges in the films: that was rather the point of the series, and what I enjoyed most about them, especially as one who hates slasher films. Sidney may be the lead, but Gale is just as important and also survives all the films, and she's everything Sidney is not. Sidney also wasn't a virgin by the end of the first film, which was rather the point: she won anyway. You also have throw away female and male characters, just there to die, but also male characters you're very upset about being hurt or dying (Dewey and Randy). And I certainly did care when Hallie was killed in "Scream 2," just as I cared about Derek's death. Females and males are equal victims of Ghostface, and both male and female victims were a range of types across the films. And 2 of the 5 Ghostfaces were female, both of them being the leaders/manipulators of the men in "Scream 2" and "Scream 4," even killing their puppet killer "partner." That all said, I am enjoying this series. I'd love to see you expand it to television since women hold far more action roles on the small screen (thank you "Xena: Warrior Princess"). You made one passing reference to "Jessica Jones" which I would argue is the most feminist show out there. It is headed by a lot of feminist writers and producers (Liz Friedman, who produced "Xena," produced and wrote in season 1 of JJ, which is why I even turned on the show in the first place). Books could be written (and should be) on the feminist points in JJ. Good stuff though. Glad I stumbled on your channel. I've really loved your approach on a range of topics.
@connorhoyle29264 жыл бұрын
This series is a masterpiece
@OliverHatched4 жыл бұрын
6:29 IT'S DRIVIN' ME NUTS I remember thinking that exact punchline in the theater 😂
@xingcat5 жыл бұрын
Your Fraggle Rock bits just made my day, in this excellent series.
@Dominiqueuqinimod4 жыл бұрын
I like how the latest Halloween movie somewhat turned the final girls thing on its ear.
@kaiserwilliams68335 жыл бұрын
Man am I glad I stumbled across Behind the Mask yesterday.
@Dorian_sapiens5 жыл бұрын
Kaiser Williams Three Arrows shouted you out recently, and I forgot to follow up on it by visiting your channel. I'm glad you commented here, because it reminded me to go check out your videos.
@nittygritty70345 жыл бұрын
Smarter than other girls, but not one of the guys. More male than the villan, less female than the other girls. 🤔 VERONICA FROM HEATHERS
@meh625 жыл бұрын
Wait... you'v just enlightened me. Thanks
@Kirbita224 жыл бұрын
it's a stunningly good description of the Not Like The Other Girls trope, which is fitting since horror movies seem to run on the premise that this very specific idea of femininity is special enough to merit being the Final Girl almost universally
@DeathnoteBB4 жыл бұрын
“More male” than JD? What? When? How? Also it’s pretty clear she’s NOT smarter than other girls. She thinks she is but by the middle of it, she realizes she’s as much of an ignorant teenager as everyone else. Heathers is a dark parody of 80’s teen movies, ofc Veronica _seems_ like a “not like other girls” girl. Her character is literally a parody of them.
@buckyyt2874 жыл бұрын
@@DeathnoteBB the thing is, she isn’t like other girls cause she knows she isn’t like other girls lol
@DeathnoteBB4 жыл бұрын
It’s only used like twice, for video examples, but I wanted to mention Scream is actually a parody of slasher movies.
@metropunklitan2 жыл бұрын
loving the puppets comparison
@butchdeadlift105 жыл бұрын
Loving this video series so far, but some part of me is defiantly saying "Dare you to review the Expendables".
@Zackapo5 жыл бұрын
I thought you were going to bring up "The Cabin in the Woods" as a deconstruction
@bostonmarketfeministbookclub5 жыл бұрын
Certainly not a feminist one imo; isn't it about the horror genre specifically?
@pramitpratimdas81985 жыл бұрын
Wait it isn't? I haven't that movie yet but heard that phrase being thrown a lot so I assumed it to be one.
@bostonmarketfeministbookclub5 жыл бұрын
@@pramitpratimdas8198 I mean, not in my opinion. It doesn't seem super interested in those ideas but maybe I'm not remembering it very well.
@pramitpratimdas81985 жыл бұрын
@@bostonmarketfeministbookclub feminist part or deconstruction?
@bostonmarketfeministbookclub5 жыл бұрын
@@pramitpratimdas8198 Feminist
@ViveLRoi4 жыл бұрын
I think the emphasis on purity in the analysis of Final Girls is a bit overstated. A lot of them were no less sexual than their counterparts-- mind, Laurie was nerdy and bookish, but she clearly had desires for Ben Tramer, and smoked weed with her friends. And Carpenter rejected any notion that the victims became so "because" they indulged in vices. To him, what they were doing was just normal teenage stuff, the killer was just a random, brutal murderer that represented the American id. There's a lot more nuance to it, especially in early examples.
@nikolai95204 жыл бұрын
One rebuttal may come from Doctor Wolfula's review of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre". It has nothing to do with the woman and how she's characterized; instead, it has to do with "symbolacy of the killer", using your words. According to Doctor Wolfula, Leatherface is a confused character, who reacts to youth invading his abode and slaughters them. There is an uneasiness presented in Leatherface's killing of some of the young characters. Is he lamenting at what he did; is he worried about being discovered for what he did? Without making him appear sympathetic, one has to call into question whether it is justified to call Leatherface a villain or evil? Or, is it even possible that he belongs to a different classification that is a tad different from the other two labels? He doesn't come across as ruthless, spontaneous and unreflective. Also, you acknowledge that the footage at the 4:25 as being from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", but it is from the first film. Perhaps someone has already stated that in the comments. I do so because I edit citations and am keen on giving credit where it is properly due.
@dustind46945 жыл бұрын
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a great exploration of the Final Girl trope (and slasher tropes in general) in a black comedy context. Edit: And naturally he has a clip of it in the video which I missed. Sorry Ian, forgive we of little faith.
@trevorprime22745 жыл бұрын
INCELS will be the new slashers.
@amellirizarry95033 жыл бұрын
if i wasn’t because they prefer fire arms, i’ll say they had already become that
@DrDark02 жыл бұрын
@@amellirizarry9503 Jesus....you're not wrong, though.
@Flowtail4 жыл бұрын
I mean from a writing perspective, a knife is nice because it doesn’t need reloading and it usually forces some kind of interaction with the killer and victim-both useful properties
@clairedyer9346 Жыл бұрын
Ok. You earned a 👍 for the Fraggle reference 😂😂😂
@aimeemariet5 жыл бұрын
I only just noticed the punchline to my favorite dad joke (it's driving me nuts) flashed on the screen for a second.
@titolounge61015 жыл бұрын
I’m special?!
@ASBlueful5 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@cameronmiller62405 жыл бұрын
I feel obliged to mention that we are often encouraged to see the victims of horror movies as cannon fodder period, not just the female characters. Also I would argue furiosas character is special, shes the one who allows the escape by captaining the war rig, other characters can shoot but she can shoot better, shes often the one in charge giving orders to the other characters, her face is I believe the last shot in the movie.....
@hexx22115 жыл бұрын
Cameron Miller I don't think that makes her the Final Girl, though, as those are simply common traits of a protagonist.
@cameronmiller62405 жыл бұрын
@@hexx2211 I agree.
@iamnohere Жыл бұрын
I: re: 8:17 - 8:52 - are you saying the Mad Max movie literally runs (well, _drives)_ on anarchist ideals? All the previous videos of this series already made me want to watch it, but this observation seals the deal
@ScaryMason5 жыл бұрын
Slither by James Gunn subverts some of these tropes while doubling down on others. Give it a watch at your first opportunity.
@kindbrute46404 жыл бұрын
Almost 2 mins and you've already given me a headache
@anarchsnark4 жыл бұрын
I half wish you had included in jest the halloween episode from boy meets world that makes fun of this slasher film trope. "Virgins! Virgins never die!"
@PrivateDncr865 жыл бұрын
More videos like this series, please! And more videos a la The Alt-Right Playbook! If I give you money via Patreon, will you make more??
@brianforrest16744 жыл бұрын
driving me nuts. amazing
@lazerbeam1344 жыл бұрын
I know it isn't the point but the graphic of Laurie Strode killing Jason Vorhees messes with my head too much lol
@FratFerno5 жыл бұрын
I actually haven't seen these horror movies, but I have seen Cabin In The Woods, which concludes with a denial of this trope. The Powers That Be demand that the Final Girl be the last one standing, but she refuses to make that the case.
@crimsonjapery31035 жыл бұрын
Behind the mask is so fuckin' good.
@sena1674 жыл бұрын
To this day I find weird when i see a man named Sidney.
@8DX5 жыл бұрын
Every part is good, thanks!=8)-DX
@melloroom75105 жыл бұрын
WOOOO!
@poisondamage21825 жыл бұрын
Ash Williams is still best final Girl!
@Furore23233 жыл бұрын
This is the episode where I just start weeping uncontrollably.
@alec27334 жыл бұрын
And above Joe there's his mama
@Fluffkitscripts4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, fury road was a progressive masterpiece
@Tina060195 жыл бұрын
Being a good mechanic and improviser is at least as important as shooting well.
@lil10dot5 жыл бұрын
I kinda wanna hear your take on Lucy
@gelinrefira2 жыл бұрын
It's basically nakama power.
@im19ice34 жыл бұрын
FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING -FOOD- WOMEN CHARACTERS
@alexanderhammil67545 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Carol Clover and Men, Women, and Chainsaws
@remiwi2399 Жыл бұрын
I'm starting to think you like this madmax movie
@knate444 жыл бұрын
OK, but can we talk about fraggle rock?
@ravioliva5 жыл бұрын
I like the aceptance of male weakness of that white guy
@xelias1243 жыл бұрын
Shout-out to Behind the mask ! such a good movie.
@tonyc.43923 жыл бұрын
5:15 - [pictured] OP's mother
@goldfishpainter_emi4 жыл бұрын
As a female feminist, I think you are doing a very important thing by examining female ideas. Period. You are using your privilege for positive change in the world, which is the best possible use of it. Thank you for speaking up for women by speaking the truth in an understandable way and challenging others to think about feminine ideas. You are a true feminist, and a credit to your gender, race, and class. You can be proud of your good work: it's important. :)
@TheJiamy5 жыл бұрын
God this movie is fucking good
@SinthiaVicious4 жыл бұрын
See the Cabin in the Woods.
@kindbrute46404 жыл бұрын
Okay I'm certain of it, you and I watched completely different versions of Psycho (1960)
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@Tagnar4 жыл бұрын
5:20-5:57 more mental gymnastics in an attempt to force an arrival at a previously assumed point. Step 1 - make a conclusion. Step 2 - plenty of ridiculous, just absurd mental gymnastics to justify how the conclusion 'maybe could fit'. Easy on the bias there.
@alexholguin22275 жыл бұрын
Isn't that the first texas chainsaw at 4:21?
@nikolai95204 жыл бұрын
It is.
@MarkArandjus5 жыл бұрын
Ripley's name is Ellen though :P
@KookiesNolly5 жыл бұрын
But she is rarely referred to as Ellen and was in fact written to be a man.
@markduncan11444 жыл бұрын
Someone help me, what is "yonic"?
@Dorian_sapiens4 жыл бұрын
"Yonic" is the adjective form of "yoni", a word from Hinduism meaning "the vulva, especially as a symbol of divine procreative energy conventionally represented by a circular stone." It's often paired with the lingam, which is a symbolic penis.
@Xilliosta5 жыл бұрын
Yo is Ripley really a first name? I thought that shit was only a last name.
@carysbebard36905 жыл бұрын
Her first name is Ellen but everyone calls the character Ripley so it's essentially her name
@jameslansley87813 жыл бұрын
I don't want to get judgy, but Sydney is most definitely a female name. Coming from an Australian dude. Otherwise nice horror summary vid. Love
@hurler13485 жыл бұрын
I think possessions were above the masses in the caste system
@DrevorReal3 жыл бұрын
I really cannot understand left rubes obsession with Fury Road. If there was ever a movie which glorifies toxic masculinity and "specialness", it's this one.
@xdearlifex5 жыл бұрын
So the heroes are a cooperative and the villains are a lateral structure with one person at the top, conferred specialness by virtue of his power and strength? You know, there seems to be a social system that is bent toward a singular point of power and influence, and another system wherein social power is shared and everyone is taken care of. What might those systems be called in our real world? Man I just can't think of it, maybe a little capital might job my memory.
@eligoldman92005 жыл бұрын
I actually like women who smoke weed.... maybe that’s just me.
@paperbackwriter11114 жыл бұрын
Slasher films were made in the 80s, meaning drugs are a bad nono in them.
@DarronRanston5 жыл бұрын
Just a bit of an error. You name Ripley as having a man's name. I was not aware that "Ellen" was a popular name for men.
@quantumsheep5455 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Ellen's technically Ripley's first name - but consider how often she's actually _called_ that, either in the movie or outside of it.
@JamesWVanFleet5 жыл бұрын
With respect, I don't think that's an error. Her name is Ellen Ripley, but IIRC, almost everybody in the films refers to her as "Ripley" throughout, to the point that it's a reveal in ALIENS when she tells Hicks that her name is Ellen (and in a scene deleted from the theatrical cut at that).
@miket78695 жыл бұрын
@@JamesWVanFleet True but a name like Ellen is not as memorable as a name like Ripley
@DarronRanston5 жыл бұрын
It was not intended as a serious complaint.
@DarronRanston5 жыл бұрын
I mean it was a role written for a man originally.
@ChrispyNut26 күн бұрын
This is my comment. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.
@Evan-pr3bf5 жыл бұрын
Ripley as a name is purposely agender
@Assain1252505 жыл бұрын
i suddenly have a realization of how easily Infinity War could have fall into a scary movie stereotype you mention here, if it was written by a less experience writer. Thanos could have been the big scary monster, hero by hero die off one by one until only Stark left, the "final girl" that shared a bit of a view of the "monster".
@Zackapo5 жыл бұрын
holy shit. the incredibles is an anti-communist movie
@Evan-pr3bf4 жыл бұрын
You mention Ripley as a masculine name but the role was explicitly a non gendered role
@OsefKincaid5 жыл бұрын
Watching this added like two new reasons to my epic list of why Cabin in the Woods is a terrible movie
@jonathansalvador50375 жыл бұрын
Why?
@DelinquentMuse5 жыл бұрын
Well the pregnant one is "special." Not because she's not a virgin. But because children, especially new ones ie babies (people don't care as much about them after toddler age) are the most important thing to people.
@paperbackwriter11114 жыл бұрын
She's not even the only pregnant woman in the group of harem escapees
@t.schramm10455 жыл бұрын
So Joe using white powder for his radiated skin is supposed to make him more masculine? Yeah right
@kindbrute46404 жыл бұрын
whiteness.. I almost Epsteined myself
@amandine5124 жыл бұрын
You seem to imply that women being virgins on their wedding day is not something women should strive for?
@elliotk.89643 жыл бұрын
Can you explain why they should strive for that?
@XHitsugaX3 жыл бұрын
@@elliotk.8964 I think thats a personal choice as with all sexually related things.
@topster8885 жыл бұрын
"Smart, brave, and resourceful people are typically the heroes of the story and the audience likes them" yeah no shit sherlock.
@UnluckyCarousel5 жыл бұрын
Ripley is not a man's name, that's her last name. Ellen is her first name.
@carysbebard36905 жыл бұрын
Right but she's known by her last name, which is more a masculine social thing, not by Ellen
@UnluckyCarousel5 жыл бұрын
Carys Nevard Everyone in the first Alien film goes by their last names.
@quiroz9235 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes they are. This does not deny the fact that she's known by her last name. When you think of Ripley, you think of "Ripley". You don't think of "Ellen".
@UnluckyCarousel5 жыл бұрын
My point was I don't think it really works as part of the example. The other female character went by Lambert, she was a whining, crybaby.
@quiroz9235 жыл бұрын
The example is of these characters having boy's name, and that remains true, as you identify Ripley as "Ripley". The fact that the other woman character also goes by her last name does not deny that example.
@WesleyWhiteside5 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, you're REALY stretching for this one. So let me get this straight: A girl being special is sexist because that means the other women don't have "value" and therefore all other women are "without value." DISPITE the fact that simply clumping all women as the same or wanting them to all be the same is easily sexist. This is like Feminism 101. How did we get so far the rabbit hole that having a main character with skills is somehow a "direct" insult to her gender? Not to mention the other men that get killed like the "stupid women" and there is hardly ever a man that saves the day in these movies (there are exceptions but you didn't even knowledge the idea). Now if you weren't a sexist man, maybe you could actually watch a movie without judging each and every woman as being mere "projections of their gender." Let's reverse the gender roles, shall we? Let's say every women in these horror movie tropes are men. And every man in these horror movies are women. You got a nerd who doesn't quite fit in with the popular kids. This creates sympathy for our main hero (or at least attempts to). He's got a moral compass and no one else takes him seriously. There's a crazy monster killing people and he has to survive or save what friends he can. It is up to HIM to use his wits and skill to be the last one standing. Sometimes it's pure luck, but most of the time there was a clue that the hero was able to obtain wile all the other kids failed to see it. If it's a good movie, the third act is satisfying because the hero went through a journey. They changed and that transformation was what helped them overcome conflict. Now I imagine in that scenario you never once thought the other kids were a bad representation of their sex simply because the hero was so good (or special). That's because you're not automatically looking down on them like you do with women. This is you. This is not movies. You don't respect women and it is YOU who can't take them seriously if their breasts or hips just happen to be in the shot. That has to be downplayed in order for you to even acknowledge their value. You are not a Feminist. Real talk: the apples you are comparing are horror movies. And the oranges are action movies. Horror movies have A LOT of tropes. They're pretty bad. And... they are kinda sexist. It's not the highest brow of entertainment. You are extremely welcome to criticize horror movies and their sexism. But, you're comparing all of these tropes to Mad Max- a primarily action film. And to state the obvious: THE HERO IN ACTION MOVIES ARE ALWAYS SPECIAL. Should I even have to mention Rey from Star Wars right now? While you claim that everyone in Mad Max are on the same playing field, you could argue that Furiosa is special. You could argue that John Connor is special. Anyone who is the main protagonist is special. It's not a movie if they're just like everyone else and have no distinction. I mean sure, I guess your definition of "special" here would be different than the typical action movie. But such specialness has nothing to do with her womanhood or the other women around her. She's special because she's different from the women AND men in the movie. The fact you failed to see that (as well as the fact that Fury Road is the only movie you seem to approve of) really begs the desire for you to make another video addressing such issues. I write these long comments not to be another jerk on the internet. I really want you to reflect on yourself and find ways for improvement. Are you really doing this for the right reasons? In which ways could this have been said better? How can we address sexism or bias without being sexist or bias ourselves? Are we allowed to value women based on character? Or do we have to value them based on their depiction? Can we not accept others for being different? This video says otherwise.
@downsjmmyjones1015 жыл бұрын
Whiteness is manly? Spending any amount of time at bodybuilding competitions will dissuade that notion.
@jj702494 жыл бұрын
this obviously gay man is trying to tell me how I feel about women
@jj702493 жыл бұрын
@eafox I won't take it off, but will tip it, m'lady.
@legzfalloffgirl51483 жыл бұрын
Actually, he's pansexual and polyamorous.
@jj702493 жыл бұрын
@@legzfalloffgirl5148 so he himself feels this way?
@lexbaldwin56134 жыл бұрын
I don't think you know anything about the real world or, by proxy, entertainment at all.