tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post1778109151154403348..comments2024-01-01T06:02:03.279-05:00Comments on From the MOON to the GRAIL: 691. De stilte rond Christine M./A Question of Silence (1982)Andrew D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-12254990437571288262014-02-26T18:13:38.628-05:002014-02-26T18:13:38.628-05:00LOVE LOVE the comment about "Sex and the City...LOVE LOVE the comment about "Sex and the City". I was laughing out loud. Wish I'd have thought of that. Anyway, yeah, it sounds like we are in agreement. We've been doing that a lot lately.Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-1465148308392382012014-02-26T18:10:10.853-05:002014-02-26T18:10:10.853-05:00Yes, but very casually and I'm not going to be...Yes, but very casually and I'm not going to be writing about it (yet, although, I have taken a few notes). <br /><br />Poor you for having to watch "Pussycat", I feel your pain. I'll swing by momentarily to make a few comments. Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-59114777434953066822014-02-26T14:27:08.378-05:002014-02-26T14:27:08.378-05:00Never seen but I was just forced to watch Faster P...Never seen but I was just forced to watch Faster Pussycat so a feminist movie would be a welcome change.<br /><br />Did I read your twitter feed right? You are attempting the 1001 album challenge??<br />Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222681146131004593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-30687123447798428642014-02-25T04:34:55.911-05:002014-02-25T04:34:55.911-05:00Oh I do love a good piece of ironic coincidence.
...Oh I do love a good piece of ironic coincidence.<br /><br />being in a different time zone, blogs from the USA (presumably posted evening, local time), are there waiting for me first thing in the morning.<br /><br />So today I awoke to see 'incoming' from both you and Amanda...<br /><br />So people who read both please have a quick look what Amanda has for us in delicious contrast to this.. (don't forget to come back though...)<br /><br />But the subject in hand right now is this... The book gives full and fair warning what you are going to get and that opinions will probably be polarised, probably along gender lines<br />So I sat down to THIS one.. sort of guarded, but wanting to prove them wrong.<br /><br />Oh dear.<br />No, I'm afraid I found this as subtle and persuasive as.. well ... a sharp coat hanger to the groin.<br />Portrayed as good v bad in stark, crude simplistic portrayals of gender stereotypes, (Men = crude unfeeling idiots, Women = aware, compassionate) this, I felt, was as 'empowering' to women as.. well.. what Amanda was watching.<br />There was a comment I made sometime ago on a film.. but I forget which one... We had a film, that on the surface was supposedly a liberal one.. but done so crudely, I remember pondering if it had been financed by the CIA to put the anti-establishment point of view in a bad light.<br />This one could be shown at (sorry, non UK readers won't get the point of the metaphor) Jeremy Clarkson's stag do who would bray with delight to see what a bunch of crude men-haters any feminist really is.<br /><br />OK, perhaps i should calm down.. I am over-reacting a little.<br />this film did make some good points, and there were times it had me.. but it was that ending.. exiting the court with what (I assume) was meant to be sisterly solidarity laughter.. but came over as manic delight. You could have turned on the TV showing for that last few minutes and thought you'd caught the end of some very early 'Sex and the City' episode, and they were off for a great girls night out after the Judge has just awarded them free cocktails and designer shoes for life.<br /><br />Was this film REALLY supposed to portray feminism as permission to mutilate (physically and metaphorically) men? One would hope not.. but if not, it sailed very close to saying so that any misunderstanding can be understood.<br /><br />Ooops. Sorry, I've gone on a bit again. I didn't hate, or even dislike this film. I was glad to have seen it. In the same way as 'Do the right thing' . Good comparison, as I had very much the same feeling.<br /><br />Hey, somehow I felt I was disagreeing with you when I started this.. somehow I feel we ended up almost in agreement.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.com