Post 9rvCChPsRAPM5gVqHA by bitnacht@nerdculture.de
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(DIR) Post #9ru7Zl40Li4v8MUw5o by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-10T19:22:29Z
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Imagine repeatedly seeing a trailer for the same movie format. Every week a new movie with a bunch of women, talking to each other, looking badass, having personalities and doing interesting stuff. You'll see 15 or more people in each trailer, they're all female. Protagonists, female. Antagonists, female. Background characters, female. Plot, based on female interests. There's one man and he is.. pretty.This is my movie experience, but obviously gender reversed. IT'S SO F-ING BORING!
(DIR) Post #9ru7iEvhBxyK4uejAW by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-10T19:24:02Z
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This rant was brought to you by the trailer for The Gentlemen. Yet another all male movie except for one character. https://youtu.be/Ify9S7hj480
(DIR) Post #9ru7pPGd9gXEAPriRU by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-10T19:25:20Z
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This rant was brought to you by the trailer for The Gentlemen. Yet another all male movie except for one character. https://youtu.be/Ify9S7hj480
(DIR) Post #9ruDNDnGosEoCP4lii by keverets@social.librem.one
2020-02-10T20:27:26Z
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@Gina sad how low a bar it is, yet still so few movies passing it.https://bechdeltest.com/
(DIR) Post #9rv9uYADtoM8H2POpE by oiyouyeahyou@mastodon.social
2020-02-11T07:23:19Z
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@Gina and not even passing the Bechdel test, it's so tragic
(DIR) Post #9rvBLlGrNL5WhJ3IZ6 by randulo@indieweb.social
2020-02-11T07:39:24Z
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@Gina This may be why some television is better than movies these days!
(DIR) Post #9rvCChPsRAPM5gVqHA by bitnacht@nerdculture.de
2020-02-11T07:49:02Z
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@Gina This is boring for men as well. I guess these movies are marketed to boys who haven’t come out of puberty yet.
(DIR) Post #9rvCWq7zl1EotukhJA by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-11T07:52:43Z
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@bitnacht why are there so many of them though.
(DIR) Post #9rvCdMRSWmrCrGxwjg by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-11T07:53:55Z
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@randulo true. I hardly ever watch movies anymore, it's all series now. Much better for my short attention span too 😅
(DIR) Post #9rvCmxGiyYoDgHWH6u by bitnacht@nerdculture.de
2020-02-11T07:55:37Z
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@Gina Because boys spend a lot of money on movies, perhaps. I looked a the cast of The Gentlemen. 9/67 are women. I think most war movies have a better ratio.
(DIR) Post #9rvDOtuPuq4oGUBBWC by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-11T08:02:29Z
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@bitnacht a while ago a guy insisted on taking me to 1917 and called me 'political' when I told him I don't enjoy all male movies about male interests. Literally 200 men and 1 female background character: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/?ref_=adv_li_tt
(DIR) Post #9rvDwxo3vnuICNRvpg by nattiegoogie@mstdn.io
2020-02-11T08:08:33Z
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@Gina What? That sounds like a cool movie; I'd go see that. When is it ...Oh. Finished reading. Never mind.
(DIR) Post #9rvJpYqousbmUxaozY by randulo@indieweb.social
2020-02-11T09:14:32Z
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@Gina Well, often the better TV is long form, so 7+ hours on a single story arc! But with great actors, writing, direction and photo, more compelling then the Nième caped macho man (or now occasional woman) saving the world.
(DIR) Post #9rvKJAUI3zVPclAkm8 by randulo@indieweb.social
2020-02-11T09:19:53Z
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@Gina and by the way, there seems to be a new wave of female main characters now in TV fiction, which is a nice change. The better shows have usually had secondary cast females in decent (but not main) roles.
(DIR) Post #9rvKxmSaImICydjwhc by jason_s_dodd@fosstodon.org
2020-02-11T09:27:09Z
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@Gina You think they generally have personality? I don't.
(DIR) Post #9rvWI3LILGlIcmCQqW by zeh@mstdn.io
2020-02-11T11:34:06Z
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@Gina Agreed, but it's beyond boring, it's toxic. Warps perception and fucks with our heads, conjures subconscious thought about who gets center stage, who makes things happen, constructs a weird notion of 'normality'. The Bechdel test is so simple and yet so many movies fail it, some of them quite surprisingly. Making women into props dehumanizes, removes agency. It is an important bit in gender division and oppression, paves the way to all kinds of discrimination and aggression.
(DIR) Post #9rvWWZ3LExAJ1iinoW by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-11T11:36:46Z
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@zeh exactly this, thank you for explaining it so eloquently.
(DIR) Post #9rxC2uLBuze3ayZVdg by bitnacht@nerdculture.de
2020-02-12T06:56:42Z
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@Gina Well, there were only very few women on the battlefields of that war, so I understand that some movies don’t have the time to focus on them. BTW. how do you feel about Marvel changing the gender of norse god Thor?
(DIR) Post #9rxEY94fOCQwAxrifQ by Gina@fosstodon.org
2020-02-12T07:24:48Z
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@bitnacht Fair enough, for war movies. But that's why I don't go see them. It's so lazy to just change the gender of an existing character. Why not create a new character with its own movie?