I thought it was weird to have a father/son conflict about wanting to dance instead of hunting. A little gay i thought. Then the boyfriend mucking around with his mate like they were gay. Then the cross dressing bonnie and clyde. And finally, a boy of 10 with a porn search history!
I notice Hollywood putting these small things in stories now to normalise things.
Straight guys can't be into dance? Kids can't be curious about sex enough to Google it?? Guys fooling around has to be gay? Don't football players hug and kiss one another after a goal or touchdown?
Were they heading anywhere with it though? It was just throwaway dialogue to give the characters a tiny bit of insight before they were shish-ka-bobbed.
I'd say your own thinking toward the matter is essentially the kind of thinking that's the problem, which if anything your problem highlights. Just let people live without overthinking or putting too much meaning on everything. It's sad, you're probably one of those guys who's too insecure to hug a male friend because "it might mean I'm gay."
I wonder how much longer this form of gaslighting is going to be accepted by mainstream society -- "The problem isn't what other people are doing, the problem is...You!" It's brilliant gaslighting, I'll grant that, but it's gaslighting, nonetheless.
I'm assuming it'll just persist as another form of ignorance. I mean, look here, we have two forms in this thread:
Dancing isn't gay but I got where they were heading with it.
OP started off with a claim that the movie had an agenda, very bold claim. Provided minimal justification. Someone came in with a reply, some questions. OP ignored them all, and just says "I got where they were heading with it." which is of course just mindlessly drivel. There's no justification, no explanation, just denial.
I'd say your own thinking toward the matter is essentially the kind of thinking that's the problem, which if anything your problem highlights. Just let people live without overthinking or putting too much meaning on everything. It's sad, you're probably one of those guys who's too insecure to hug a male friend because "it might mean I'm gay."
This guy blames OP's thought processes on gender-based insecurities that OP hasn't suggested or implied, because again, OP hasn't said anything of value to discuss in the thread itself. The guy is making assumptions about OP to dismiss OP's thought processes, but OP hasn't revealed any of it, so it's not fair at all.
Actually, these are honestly just two forms of the same ignorance. Two people just making up shit.
The boy going to dance class stuck out like a sore thumb, it's an obvious attempt to dismantle "toxic" masculinity. All men are portrayed negatively in this film as weak, evil, unintelligent and disposable. I still prefer Zombie's Halloween over this, that one doesn't pander to the feminist crowd.
The smartest and most likable character - deputy Hawkins - is killed off in one of the dumbest “twists” in recent movie history. That the writers and director couldn’t recognize this says a lot.
I haven’t seen the new one - still deciding after the bad taste the last one left in my mouth. If Hawkins survived I’m happy about that. Still, the filmmakers should’ve known better than to put the only likable character out of commission. That’s just one of their many head-scratching decisions.
Right? Who knew you could 'inspire' people to be gay, or 'recruit' them with depictions of gay folk in film/on TV - if it's so easy to sway somebody, why don't the people who yell 'gay agenda!' so much prove it's possible by turning themselves gay for a week or two?
Given the absolute crusade that Hollywood is on in 2018 to re-shape our thinking about gender, you'd have to be naive to think that the dialogue in these little moments, as well as the gender-swap with the costumes, were not chosen with purpose. Thankfully, they were subtle and not spotlighted or belabored, in any way.
Given the absolute crusade that Hollywood is on in 2018 to re-shape our thinking about gender, you'd have to be naive to think that the dialogue in these little moments, as well as the gender-swap with the costumes, were not chosen with purpose.