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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"I have some bad news about 'The Notebook'" -- A CNN opinion piece about RomComs.
But on my latest dive into familiar (and supposedly romantic) films of the past three decades, I can hardly see their leading men for all the red flags flapping around them. Watching these films has suddenly become less escapist -- and more reflective of our current reality.
Pick a decade -- 1980s, 1990s or early 2000s -- and it seems that one of its defining leading men is a manipulator, someone who gaslights.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/opinions/feel-good-movies-feel-bad-stewart/index.html
It's a fun read. I remember thinking as a nerdy 20-something, "Is it just me or do women seem to have the notion that the only manly men are complete assholes"?
Read the article. Maybe it wasn't just me.
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"I have some bad news about 'The Notebook'" -- A CNN opinion piece about RomComs. (Original Post)
Girard442
Jul 2020
OP
Maybe. But who can watch the classic movie where John Wayne spanks Maureen O'Hara.
bobbieinok
Jul 2020
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)1. Eh it's just fiction.
It exists to be interesting, not to provide moral instruction.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)4. Maybe. But who can watch the classic movie where John Wayne spanks Maureen O'Hara.
I remember yhere was at least one in which he did or threatened to. Even as a kid I was freaked by that. Never really enjoyed a Wayne movie after watching that one.
I know many dislike True Grit, but I remember liking it. Not sure I could watch it now
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)2. Well, it's an improvement
You look at much from the 40's and 50's, even into the early 60's, and women are the root of all conflict. Men are hapless victims of the women.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)3. The movie happens to be far superior in this case.
catbyte
(34,534 posts)5. Hollywood is dominated by men. Is it a surprise?