Re: Gone Girl is everything that's wrong with writers
And yet I've known women who've done all three of those things.
So essentially, you're an affirmative action screenwriter. Even though it's true that women (and men) are capable of great evils, we can't show that because some pervert might get off on it.
Let's have Amy be a villain, but let's not have her actually do anything that real, awful women have done in real life. Because that might reinforce an idea in someone's head that women are capable of doing wrong, and GOD KNOWS we don't want that.
Look, I understand where you're coming from. But for me, someone who despises sexism from both sides of the fence, it's refreshing to see the other side of the fence addressed, and by a woman no less, but not without a few fingers pointing back at the man as well. Amy was raised and instilled with this idea that she was to be the Manic Pixie Girl of every guy's dreams, and in the end she snaps and becomes the opposite. That's not misogyny, that's good f--king writing.
Now you're essentially saying that because I'm glad to see this addressed, that I have some sick misogynistic idea about women crying rape, using sex to get what they want, lying, manipulating, etc. That that's how I see women. I don't, and it's not. I'm glad to see this addressed because it's a truth that I haven't seen addressed before. But really that's not even why I enjoyed Gone Girl so much. I enjoyed it because for 149 minutes I was locked into every frame. That's quality work right there, and on every level, particularly the writing and directing.
My issue here is with your cries of misogyny, which are based solely on the perception a misogynist might have of the film.
Originally posted by JoeBanks
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So essentially, you're an affirmative action screenwriter. Even though it's true that women (and men) are capable of great evils, we can't show that because some pervert might get off on it.
Let's have Amy be a villain, but let's not have her actually do anything that real, awful women have done in real life. Because that might reinforce an idea in someone's head that women are capable of doing wrong, and GOD KNOWS we don't want that.
Look, I understand where you're coming from. But for me, someone who despises sexism from both sides of the fence, it's refreshing to see the other side of the fence addressed, and by a woman no less, but not without a few fingers pointing back at the man as well. Amy was raised and instilled with this idea that she was to be the Manic Pixie Girl of every guy's dreams, and in the end she snaps and becomes the opposite. That's not misogyny, that's good f--king writing.
Now you're essentially saying that because I'm glad to see this addressed, that I have some sick misogynistic idea about women crying rape, using sex to get what they want, lying, manipulating, etc. That that's how I see women. I don't, and it's not. I'm glad to see this addressed because it's a truth that I haven't seen addressed before. But really that's not even why I enjoyed Gone Girl so much. I enjoyed it because for 149 minutes I was locked into every frame. That's quality work right there, and on every level, particularly the writing and directing.
My issue here is with your cries of misogyny, which are based solely on the perception a misogynist might have of the film.
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