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Misogynistic?

posted 14 years ago by Kainoknight
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Do you find the portrayal of women in this film to have a misogynistic quality to it?

Proud of their jewelry, money, mansions but of nothing else. Not willing to accept the consequence of their actions, as seen with the couple at the beginning where she will lie, though we never see the outcome of that case. They're always willing to only want money they don't have to earn, seems to be the norm in the typical female demographic.

Just what I saw. Am I wrong? Or maybe the Coens had a bad weekend with an ultra-feminist whose only way of advancing feminine rights is by making men suffer and this script was just an outlet of that.

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[–] jah/dc 13 years ago

Well, most of the men don't come off very well, either. . . . The only "good" person I can remember is Wrigley -- maybe Petch. But they both have chosen careers where they benefit from the tragedy of others.

Pretty much all the characters are lacking a moral compass. I never felt they were saying this represents all women, but, rather, the women who fit into the plot were of a certain type.

[–] krj47 13 years ago

It's a screwball comedy, for keerist's sake!

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[–] jmtrc 13 years ago

Uh, Miles (George Clooney) is a vain, vacuous, bottom-feeder scavenging off the personal misfortunes of the mega-rich, and basically no other guy comes off looking much better. But since it portrays women badly as well, it's misogynist?

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[–] Six-Shooter 13 years ago

Interesting that you focus on the women looking bad but overlook the terrible men. Interesting indeed. Nevertheless, if you were at all familiar with the Coens' work, you'd know that, out of their entire filmography, you could count on one hand the amount of characters they've written that are genuinely good people.

The knack to flying lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

[–] timlin-4 12 years ago

You watch a male lawyer invent a false spousal abuse claim against a woman's husband to ruin him completely and...you're worried about the treatment of women. You are sick.

[–] super-staff 12 years ago

All the characters in this are shallow and unlikable.

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