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Anti-Women, too ...

posted 9 years ago by derfball
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thread topics 'Ending Opinions' and 'Q about the ending' cover a lot of truths, and 'everybody has had a bad boss' does too, but the ending also is clearly anti-women, and i am not 'fem-lib' type, believe me. given Hollywood's treatment of women, in all aspects, the ending is horrible. the woman gets all the 'blame', and while she's no angel, she does not deserve to die, while both guys freely 'skate'. i get it, it's satire and irony, but still ... kinda the 'same old story' if you're a gal. sorry ladies, you deserve better!

[–] Druff 9 years ago

If the story was holding up Buddy and Guy as good role models to aspire to, you might have a point. But no. The point of the story is what **cked up cynical psychopaths they are. What they did to Dawn underlines that.

[–] Jothos 8 years ago

AGREED!! So shut up "derfball", ya stupid feminist.

[–] chilone 9 years ago

Since when do characters that get killed in movies, have to deserve it?

I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!

[–] derfball 9 years ago

No character 'has' to, but many 'deserve' to -- she didn't.

[–] Jothos 8 years ago

And that's the point he's trying to make, ya dummy.

[–] Stigger 8 years ago

You're obviously a dumb leftist, which explains why you believe everything is sexist. In reality, the ending had absolutely nothing to do with gender. The ending is about the desire to get ahead by any means possible. Guy could have just as easily whacked a male in order to prove to Buddy that Guy has what it takes to get ahead. But that concept is lost on someone who only sees gender...