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It's the same braindead mode of thinking that led Disney to re-interpret Snow White with the men in the movie being creepy and to deemphasize the main plotline

It's the same braindead mode of thinking that led Disney to re-interpret Snow White with the men in the movie being creepy and to deemphasize the main plotline where the stepmother is evil and sees her step-daughter as her competition. Men, especially white men, are by-default bad and women have no agency unless they're overcoming men.

jncfhnb 3y ago
To be clear, you’re talking about Snow White and the huntsman, in which Snow White isn’t even the main character in favor of action huntsman Chris Hemsworth?
- busterarm 3y ago
  No, I'm talking about the still unreleased live-action remake and what their lead actress has said about the movie.
  - Tao3300 3y ago
    Once upon a time, a woman accidentally pricked her finger over some fresh snow. Observing the sight, she thought, "how gruesome! But Snow White seems like a nice name, nevermind this completely irrelevant scene of blood on snow..."
  - jncfhnb 3y ago
    Attacking Greta Gerwigs’ first worked-on film after Barbie for “not doing feminism right” before you have seen it is a hot take!
    - busterarm 3y ago
      If you think a two-hour Mattel commercial is where the feminist discourse is right now, then feminism is off in the wilderness. Then again, women are still overwhelmingly the largest consumer spending group and the CEO of Mattel is still a man. Referencing the Barbie movie wrt feminism is about as laughable as the people who think Star Trek is some post-racial utopia -- even though the bad guys are still mostly dark-skinned and virtually every alien race is a monoculture.
      - saagarjha 3y ago
        Did you watch the movie?
        busterarm 3y ago
        So is everyone who saw the movie supposed to have the same interpretation of it? That sounds vaguely sexist. It's Gerwig who claimed the movie is a feminist film and the critical reactions to the movie with regard to feminism are very mixed.
        saagarjha 3y ago
        Did you watch the movie?
        busterarm 3y ago
        Yes. Totally not relevant to the discussion.
        saagarjha 3y ago
        It is incredibly relevant, because the specific criticism you had about the conflict of using Barbie as a consumerist symbol for feminism from a company run by men was a central part of the film.
        jncfhnb 3y ago
        It was an awkward and distracting part of the film imo. The messaging there was weird.
        saagarjha 3y ago
        Perhaps, but it seems incredibly relevant to bring up when making that criticism, even if only to talk about it being superficial or half-baked?

jncfhnb 3y ago

To be clear, you’re talking about Snow White and the huntsman, in which Snow White isn’t even the main character in favor of action huntsman Chris Hemsworth?

busterarm 3y ago
No, I'm talking about the still unreleased live-action remake and what their lead actress has said about the movie.
- Tao3300 3y ago
  Once upon a time, a woman accidentally pricked her finger over some fresh snow. Observing the sight, she thought, "how gruesome! But Snow White seems like a nice name, nevermind this completely irrelevant scene of blood on snow..."
- jncfhnb 3y ago
  Attacking Greta Gerwigs’ first worked-on film after Barbie for “not doing feminism right” before you have seen it is a hot take!
  - busterarm 3y ago
    If you think a two-hour Mattel commercial is where the feminist discourse is right now, then feminism is off in the wilderness. Then again, women are still overwhelmingly the largest consumer spending group and the CEO of Mattel is still a man. Referencing the Barbie movie wrt feminism is about as laughable as the people who think Star Trek is some post-racial utopia -- even though the bad guys are still mostly dark-skinned and virtually every alien race is a monoculture.
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      Did you watch the movie?
      - busterarm 3y ago
        So is everyone who saw the movie supposed to have the same interpretation of it? That sounds vaguely sexist. It's Gerwig who claimed the movie is a feminist film and the critical reactions to the movie with regard to feminism are very mixed.
        saagarjha 3y ago
        Did you watch the movie?
        busterarm 3y ago
        Yes. Totally not relevant to the discussion.
        saagarjha 3y ago
        It is incredibly relevant, because the specific criticism you had about the conflict of using Barbie as a consumerist symbol for feminism from a company run by men was a central part of the film.
        jncfhnb 3y ago
        It was an awkward and distracting part of the film imo. The messaging there was weird.
        saagarjha 3y ago
        Perhaps, but it seems incredibly relevant to bring up when making that criticism, even if only to talk about it being superficial or half-baked?