Imagine submitting a script, the central theme of which were some ill conceived and self serving generalisations commonly held by ignorant men about women. This script wouldn't just be an example of stereotyping but a fully rounded rationalisation of prejudice, depicting woman as universally incapable of functioning independently, habitually stupid and selfish. What do you think the reception for that script would be, be honest, it's never going to fly is it?
Oddly but I admit none too surprisingly, the same isn't true if you simply transpose the gender roles. Yep you can get away with rendering bigotry on screen if you just take the time to select the -correct- subject matter. What's even odder though, is just how blithely this particular example negotiates this hypocrisy so un-self-consciously; there's not even a perfunctory attempt to qualify the crass reasoning it presents.
And this is where the paradox arises, the narrative presented is so crass and objectionable that it actually turns out to be quite an effective (probably unintentional) satire on feminism.
Oddly but I admit none too surprisingly, the same isn't true if you simply transpose the gender roles. Yep you can get away with rendering bigotry on screen if you just take the time to select the -correct- subject matter. What's even odder though, is just how blithely this particular example negotiates this hypocrisy so un-self-consciously; there's not even a perfunctory attempt to qualify the crass reasoning it presents.
And this is where the paradox arises, the narrative presented is so crass and objectionable that it actually turns out to be quite an effective (probably unintentional) satire on feminism.