tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post275754419523830295..comments2024-02-20T00:14:40.902-08:00Comments on Katherine's Book Backyard: I don't mean to be cranky, but....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-85894826447669760342012-06-08T06:46:41.069-07:002012-06-08T06:46:41.069-07:00I have no problem with insensitive lines. I usual...I have no problem with insensitive lines. I usually don't concern myself with whether a line might offend somebody -- if it's the right line for that character at that time. In this case, it just doesn't sound like a good line; but I'll have to judge it in context, when I see the movie. (Might wait for Netflix.)<br /><br />Now, if the Huntsman really is a bit of a misogynist (like so many beloved characters), then some version of that line might be just the thing there. But I'd probably change the phrasing; sounds too modern.<br /><br />I know what you mean about an ill-considered, ill-fitting line jolting you out of the story; had that problem multiple times with Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" movies.<br /><br />Katherine, you'll have to give me your Humpty Dumpty definition of sexism some time!Manuel Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392229225958688128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-19112620739802778002012-06-06T09:25:11.292-07:002012-06-06T09:25:11.292-07:00Perhaps "misogyny" is closer to the mark...Perhaps "misogyny" is closer to the mark, although my definition of sexism is somewhat broader than yours. I don't really think the three writers are either sexists or misogynists but I'm really, really tired of this kind of thing. Making light of rape is not as funny when you know people who were raped. And I do. Every time I hear a rape joke I think about my grandmother's best friend naked and bleeding and terrified in a town of only 1100 people. I think of my upstairs neighbor who was the victim of a serial rapist. I think of the two women I know who were victims of date rape. <br />It was just a stupid throwaway line but it took me out of the movie and into real life where words have weight. At a time when women's rights are under siege, it just struck me as a particularly insensitive line.Katherine Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696623795926663895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-1118121560797738182012-06-06T08:41:49.417-07:002012-06-06T08:41:49.417-07:00Is the line out of character with everything else ...Is the line out of character with everything else we learn about him? If so, then it's not good writing; but if not, then that's just the character's personality.<br /><br />Doesn't sound like a very good line, in any case. Since Snow White is supposed to be almost preternaturally "fair", it wouldn't be flattering herself to think that she excites desire. Does indeed sound like a half-assed line thrown in to get a laugh.<br /><br />Note: Sexism is the belief that one sex is superior to another. It renders the word meaningless if it's applied too loosely.Manuel Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392229225958688128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-85331389809474742092012-06-05T10:10:39.929-07:002012-06-05T10:10:39.929-07:00That's kind of where I was. I wanted to love i...That's kind of where I was. I wanted to love it. And just couldn't.Katherine Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696623795926663895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7485894476790659607.post-34291882861740240032012-06-05T08:48:17.056-07:002012-06-05T08:48:17.056-07:00Hollywood will do anything for a laugh--and this i...Hollywood will do anything for a laugh--and this is proof. The line is out of place for the time period, its cruelty, everything. My husband saw it and liked a few scenes and the look of it, but not a lot else.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com