Post by harpospoke on Oct 30, 2017 17:44:12 GMT
And again you'll only see what you want to see just like everyone else. You'll find a flaw in any male character and ignore any flaw in a female character.
It's like me saying I never see Bugs Bunny anymore and you say but you are only focusing on him, what about Daffy Duck?
I am not talking about flaws in female characters--we could discuss the absence of a flaw in a black character played by Morgan Freeman or Samuel Jackson but that is just a distraction from the original point even if it would be interesting to examine.
The central character in Scream has various issues. But I am more interested in her father-why is he still tied up at the end-and how did she get him to the closet without untying him when Stu had to struggle to get him into the kitchen in the first place?
Its as if they had to treat him as a prop in order to keep him subdued so he did not have a role in the resolution of the film.
But your claim is that male characters are being treated differently than female characters so pointing that you are wrong about that is relevant.
You also ignore than flaws in characters are almost always present because it creates an interesting character arc. Characters without flaws are boring.
Go back and watch Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Marx Brothers movies and you'll see male characters with character flaws played for comedy. ...Because that's funny. Groucho being the leader of a college or a country is funny because he does insane things that other characters notice and react to. Buster Keaton was almost always the weak male put upon by other characters. There is nothing new happening with comedy today...it's just in your imagination.
Rick in Casablanca is one of the all time great characters because he was flawed and had a character arc that led to one of the best ending scenes in movie history.
Rett Butler was one of the great male characters and was a selfish egotistical womanizer who was only partially redeemed at the end. He only looks better at the end "frankly"...because Scarlet was even MORE flawed.
Do we even need to describe Charles Foster Kane?
How about Ethan Edwards in the Searchers? John Wayne's character was as flawed as it gets but he is redeemed at the end.
I guess Hollywood has had an "anti male agenda" from the beginning.
Apparently you don't want to get into all the characters I listed from this year's movies who don't fit your narrative?