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Misanthropic (Spoilers)

posted 14 years ago by Cinnyaste
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I understand filmmakers have agendas and causes they couch in their films. That's what makes some great. On the other hand, it's what makes some distasteful.

After a recent viewing of "Drool," I couldn't help wonder why the makers forwarded the story through such a stereotyped, despicable male character. Is the Lesbian agenda really to male bash? How can the LGBT community expect to flourish when they perpetrate the same small-minded visions they constantly protest?

Yes, there are small town louts who hit their wives, don't protect their daughters and drool while (essentially) raping their women. And is said lout a closet Gay because he gives the boss head? (Being that sometimes being very macho and homophobic is discomfort with one's sexual identity.)

Is that the point. Everyone is a closeted Gay? That everyone would be happier if they were Gay? Or is it hyperbole?

That being said, I otherwise enjoyed this light and breezy tale. It was funny, tragic and real.

[–] Splash_Woman 14 years ago

I think you're really overanalyzing the film. I don't believe the film is really trying to convey any particular generalized message about society as a whole. Instead, it seems content in conveying the story of a few days to a week in the lives of a few people, and that's really all it does. Some extra bits, like the boss demanding Cheb give him fellatio, are just thrown in for the awkward shock value laughs.

Yes, Cheb is the archetypical drunken, wife and child abusing, southern American racist, but all evidence is that his views are considered thoroughly out of place. After all, Imogene seems completely unaware of his racism throughout the film, and it doesn't seem that she even suspects it of either him or the children. If she were in a more racist climate, it seems likely that she'd catch on at some point.

Also, Tabby and Kathy K are apparently completely heterosexual, and both are portrayed as protagonists in the film. In fact, no one other than Kathy K's helpers are portrayed as absolutely homosexual. Anora has a number of fantasies about her fantasy version of Cheb, and Imogene states that she had previously had a husband. All of the other major characters are either straight or undeclared.

Honestly, I find the film to be far more even-handed than it could have been, or that you're giving it credit for.

[–] Violet_Loves_Iliona 14 years ago

You've used the wrong word - you should have said misandrist (man-hating). Misanthropic, on the other hand, means despising of human beings generally.

As for your comments, I really don't think this film was at all misandrist, though I'm sure someone with an agenda might bring that to their viewing of this film.

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[–] ljr-x25 14 years ago

I think OP your projecting what you want the movie to be saying, over what it actually is saying. They movie isn't trying to protray any message, it's just a zany indie comedy. All the characters are weird. So really I don't think any are meant to be real representations of real people, men or women.

Maybe you shouldn't watch lesbian themed movies, if you believe they are all there to guy bash. Sorry to disappoint you, but they're not. They are just a movie and lesbians don't all have some man hating agenda. The guy had to be horrible to move the storyline along, not to make lesbians look better.

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[–] mv5 11 years ago

Wow, you've really said quite a bit about yourself. Theres hardly any films showing anyone being gay, so when you finally see something that isn't the "norm" you assume the filmmakers are saying everyones gay? Whats your issue with the portrayal of the dad? Its not exactly uncommon for men to act like this unfortunately especially in the older days, and somehow this translates to you as man hating? Pretty strange