The abiding memory I have of Women’s Work is of the women looking at me. Afraid and then angry but overall accusing...When you can see the men’s faces they’re not looking at you but across at someone else or inwardly, suffering stoically.
That's a very interesting observation. Some of that may simply be choice of clips, but my guess is that it speaks to who the intended audience is for all this entertainment -- namely men. I didn't get stoicism out of it, I got that it was homoerotic pain -- men inflicting injury on one another and getting off on it, the same way they do to women's pain. See, in the women facing the viewer, she's giving him the power of inflicting pain. In the men suffering the male viewers can project themselves on whoever they want.
Interesting vid in a meta way, but since I dislike blood and violence, not pleasant viewing at all. I love a good action scene but it's because a good fight is like dancing, it's easy to admire the movement and athleticism. Guys just bludgeoning one another is offputting.
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Date: 2010-08-12 07:46 pm (UTC)That's a very interesting observation. Some of that may simply be choice of clips, but my guess is that it speaks to who the intended audience is for all this entertainment -- namely men. I didn't get stoicism out of it, I got that it was homoerotic pain -- men inflicting injury on one another and getting off on it, the same way they do to women's pain. See, in the women facing the viewer, she's giving him the power of inflicting pain. In the men suffering the male viewers can project themselves on whoever they want.
Interesting vid in a meta way, but since I dislike blood and violence, not pleasant viewing at all. I love a good action scene but it's because a good fight is like dancing, it's easy to admire the movement and athleticism. Guys just bludgeoning one another is offputting.