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So let me see if I have this straight:

If a movie has a girl fall for a guy Amy Monaghan thinks isn't cute: the film is sexist (Superbad).

If a movie portrays even one man who comments on a woman weight, the film is sexist (The Devil Wears Prada).

If Amy Monaghan doesn't like the lead, it's sexist (The Break Up).

If a movie dares to portray a woman falling for an unattractive man because - of all things - his personality, it's sexist (The Holiday)

If a movie is based on a comic book, and all its characters are comic book characters, and some of these comic book characters are female, it's sexist (Sin City).

If it has women who aren't perfect, it's sexist (Mona Lisa Smile).

If it gives us a feel good, you're perfect the way you are movie that's stupid and unrealistic - basically, if it's like every single Hollywood romcom, it's sexist (Bridget Jones Diary).

I think this article does more to set back feminism than any of these movies. What Women Want is a legitimately sexist film, but it's buried here behind a dozen films that aren't. Amy, if you actually exist and aren't just a ploy to rile up readers, Hollywood makes many bad movies, with many implausible and paper thin characters - both men and women. It doesn't make them sexist.

Posted by: thimble on March 8, 2008 12:39 PM


 
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