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18/1/15 00:02Here is my problem with Birdman (other than the fact that I'm going to have to rename the bird-man in the story I'm working on):
That if you can find a moral center in it, it's that all the men who want to pursue great and serious art are really just chasing an ego trip, and women are saved from that fate only insofar as they don't have the artistic ambition or self-awareness to be more than side players in a man's story.
So not only is it kinda misogynistic, it also seems to foreclose on the possibility of anyone, regardless of gender, making art for the sake of beauty, curiosity, exploration, and the sake of sharing an experience or a vision or a feeling with other people -
And if you're going to be that cynical about it, why not watch (or make) the latest Marvel movie?
(Also, for anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet but has heard good things : SO MANY trigger warnings.)
That if you can find a moral center in it, it's that all the men who want to pursue great and serious art are really just chasing an ego trip, and women are saved from that fate only insofar as they don't have the artistic ambition or self-awareness to be more than side players in a man's story.
So not only is it kinda misogynistic, it also seems to foreclose on the possibility of anyone, regardless of gender, making art for the sake of beauty, curiosity, exploration, and the sake of sharing an experience or a vision or a feeling with other people -
And if you're going to be that cynical about it, why not watch (or make) the latest Marvel movie?
(Also, for anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet but has heard good things : SO MANY trigger warnings.)