Wednesday, January 30, 2013
An Observation
One thing about tokenism in films (and tv shows) is it produces a good amount of popular culture media by which we do not see women (or people of other marginalized groups who're routinely tokenized) interacting. A very long time ago, I just read an item with a male film writer about how exactly he struggles to create multiple female figures because he isn't proficient at writing women interacting. He did not place it that can compare with that, but which was the gist. And thus failing to incorporate multiple female figures turns into a self-perpetuating cycle: There's not good good examples of ladies interacting in film, so (many) male authors don't understand how to write women getting together with one another.Which states something not altogether kind concerning the creative instinct among most screenwriters, they place their cues using their company films. It states something concerning the way women are regarded as culturally by (many) males: That we're mysterious, that we're an impenetrable and unrelatable monolith, our communication and interaction with one another in tangible existence is really inscrutable it cannot possible be deciphered and reproduced—all the stuff of terrible sitcoms starring dudes like Jim Belushi.Also it reflects a real possibility the patriarchy doesn't encourage (nor require) males to value engaging with females, especially women in groups. I do not think the male author who finds it hard to create multiple women hasn't seen, in tangible existence, his mother communicate with her mother, or together with his sister, or together with his wife, or had two female buddies possess a conversation before him, or experienced an expert setting with a minimum of two female co-workers.I simply imagine he's never prioritized having to pay attention.
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