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riseupwithfists) wrote2010-06-07 09:13 pm
riseupwithfists) wrote2010-06-07 09:13 pm
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I love being reminded of the fact that large swaths of fandom actually can't understand the difference between depiction and approval to save their life (the above link spoils the entirety of the movie Splice, btw, but I can quote if people want to know the gist without having it spoiled).
I saw Splice today and the person above... we didn't see the same movie, clearly. And maybe I'm privileged because I see a lot of film and read a lot about film, but an interpretation of the film that assumes that it's condoning and promoting what's going down is at best facile and at worst made in extremely bad faith.
And this is a separate issue from people getting triggered by material in the movie! Apparently the American marketing campaign really misrepresented the film, and I understand that. This movie is not for everyone. It is filled with fucked up stuff. But it isn't saying what the reviewer in the link above said it was saying. ARTISTIC COMPREHENSION, Y'ALL. YOU CAN HAS IT.
I saw Splice today and the person above... we didn't see the same movie, clearly. And maybe I'm privileged because I see a lot of film and read a lot about film, but an interpretation of the film that assumes that it's condoning and promoting what's going down is at best facile and at worst made in extremely bad faith.
And this is a separate issue from people getting triggered by material in the movie! Apparently the American marketing campaign really misrepresented the film, and I understand that. This movie is not for everyone. It is filled with fucked up stuff. But it isn't saying what the reviewer in the link above said it was saying. ARTISTIC COMPREHENSION, Y'ALL. YOU CAN HAS IT.
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Ahaha, yeah. I had no idea that he was in it, and then I recognized him from everyone's icons and understood why fandom was losing their shit over this film and not over, say, Sex and the City 2, which is way more offensive IMO.
It was so awful! I was in SHOCK and just couldn't formulate a comment! And of course it had to be in the class I'm taking that's not being run by My Sassy Professor, who definitely wouldn't have let that shit slide, you know? I've been thinking about saying something, but I don't know if there's anything that can be done - the syllabus for this particular class actually doesn't have one of those "sexism and homophobia, etc will not be tolerated" disclaimers, and I'm not even sure what good a reprimand would do.