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Great Feminist Movie .....


....if you ignore the compromising ending. :(

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ethereal_tb says > Great Feminist Movie .....if you ignore the compromising ending. :(
How in hell was this a feminist movie? I agree when it started you might have gotten that impression. She was cold, icy, hard to deal with & was only interested in men for one purpose; sex. In that regard, yes. I see it.

However, the point of the movie is she's unfulfilled and unhappy in that lie. She finds happiness only after meeting and falling in love with a strong man; someone who is secure in himself and doesn't take any of her crap. By the end, and that's why you'd want to discount it, she's talking about quitting her job and having nine babies. There's nothing feminist about that; they hate both men and babies.


Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

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