Why is this movie praised for its relentlessly sexist theme?
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tinasparklesau — 10 years ago(July 20, 2015 02:22 AM)
I can't believe how racist this movie was actually. Scarlett didn't hook up with a single black guy - wtf? Their meat isn't good enough for these aliens? And then there's the metaphorical 'white dudes walking into BLACKness to die'? And then omfg Scarlett the evil alien is really secretly black under her white skin, which makes that white honky want to kill her!
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taticat — 10 years ago(July 29, 2015 05:08 PM)
WTH is wrong with you?!? This movie was CLEARLY racist, but it was racist against Caucasians. Who does she kill? White men. Who does she try to live amongst, until she is forced to acknowledge that her alien inferiority (that had been superiority up to when she started empathising with White men, indicating Caucasian empathy is a flaw) leaves her unsuitable? White men. All the Caucasian men are portrayed as addled horndogs.
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jbaker1-2 — 3 years ago(December 17, 2022 06:04 PM)
taticat, look up 'sarcasm' in your dictionary…
Perhaps you should do the same…
There are 8.2 billion people in the world. 8.19 billion of them have never heard of and don't give a fuck about Charlie Kirk. Get over it. -
Errington_92 — 10 years ago(October 10, 2015 06:07 AM)
If anything,
Under the Skin
shows itself to be against sexism. Laura's transition from a calculated seductress to a sensitive person emphasises how she was previously used for immoral purposes. Laura begins to gain a sense of humanity in understanding that she had been wrongly used.
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. -
mmw_rocket — 10 years ago(August 30, 2015 03:57 AM)
why do you assume she wants to have sex to reward the man? He wasn't a rapist like the next dude and I think if she told him that she needed help without sex he would have did so.
I think she wanted to have sex to have a little bit of pleasure in this life before her death. She had 4 motorcycle guys after her. Her days were numbered until they either caught her or she had an "accident" and was revealed. She knew she could never go back home. Not every sexual act a woman does is centered around the guy.
I think she also tried eating the cake for similar reasons to having six. She knew this was something humans found pleasurable but she found it revolting (or may have not even been able to do it).
The main motor cycle guy walks past the crying baby while pickin up the Czech guy's stuff.
