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I agree with a lot of Monaghan's choices, but she doesn't give enough depth to her arguments to make them stick. Feminist film theory and feminism in general is a tricky business because if you don't back up your claims with substantial evidence or thought, then people will be even more inclined to put you down rather than take you seriously because it's easier to do so.

"The Brown Bunny "is a misogynistic film because, to put it simply, Vincent Gallo is an egomaniac who boxes the women in this film into "types." These types are supposed to represent the lovely diversity of his long-lost love, Chloe Sevigny, but the only character depth it shows us is that each type is more than willing to partake in some lip-locking afternoon delight on the whim of Mr. Gallo. This makes the blow-job sequence all the more appalling because it says that Gallo, who has taken a significantly long road trip to forget his past troubles with Sevigny, is, in essence, only pining for the woman who gave him the best head, not for the woman he supposedly loved and cherished for so many years. Puh-leeze.