Just watched it. Got about halfway through before I started looking up bad reviews to commiserate with.
"The title of Poor Things betrays the fundamental smugness of artists working from a vantage of cozy superiority who believe simple, lazy role reversal—that is, men reduced to sweaty, pearl-clutching hysterics—is tantamount to genuine g…
Just watched it. Got about halfway through before I started looking up bad reviews to commiserate with.
"The title of Poor Things betrays the fundamental smugness of artists working from a vantage of cozy superiority who believe simple, lazy role reversal—that is, men reduced to sweaty, pearl-clutching hysterics—is tantamount to genuine gender parody (or parity). Everything goes down easily: Even in her primitive early state, Bella grunts a certain truth to power, and in case we’re not sure about her blossoming social and political radicalism, she’s aligned with a pair of acerbic, perceptic Black characters (Jerrod Carmichael and Suzy Bemba) whose sole function is to reinforce and cheerlead her evolution." - Adam Nayman
About sums it up.
Also, you have the strangest interpretations of movies sometimes- I assume you don't really believe this movie is about rationalists? Is reinterpretation a policy you take for creative exercise, mental health or to try and influence culture?
Just watched it. Got about halfway through before I started looking up bad reviews to commiserate with.
"The title of Poor Things betrays the fundamental smugness of artists working from a vantage of cozy superiority who believe simple, lazy role reversal—that is, men reduced to sweaty, pearl-clutching hysterics—is tantamount to genuine gender parody (or parity). Everything goes down easily: Even in her primitive early state, Bella grunts a certain truth to power, and in case we’re not sure about her blossoming social and political radicalism, she’s aligned with a pair of acerbic, perceptic Black characters (Jerrod Carmichael and Suzy Bemba) whose sole function is to reinforce and cheerlead her evolution." - Adam Nayman
About sums it up.
Also, you have the strangest interpretations of movies sometimes- I assume you don't really believe this movie is about rationalists? Is reinterpretation a policy you take for creative exercise, mental health or to try and influence culture?