tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post8325827453208280098..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: He's Just Not That Into YouMark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-47446794092235933422009-04-14T10:37:00.000+01:002009-04-14T10:37:00.000+01:00Oh doubtless you're right. I'd have gone for the f...Oh doubtless you're right. I'd have gone for the fast and the furious, though. Similarly vapid characters, but at least pretty vehicles ;)Jennie Rigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893281560181289667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-69523008029077513812009-04-14T05:23:00.000+01:002009-04-14T05:23:00.000+01:00Jennie,
Not so much misogynistic as the kind of l...Jennie,<br /><br />Not so much misogynistic as the kind of lazy, cliched scriptwriting that makes you cringe if you let it.<br /><br />Your feelings about the female characters are mirrored by my view of most of the male ones, shallow, needy, evasive of commitment - hardly a glowing endorsement of the male species. Even Ben Affleck's character gives in to conformity in a gush of ickydom at the end.<br /><br />On the other hand, if it's a choice between wandering the streets of Larnaca for three hours and switching your brain into neutral for three hours, it's an easy call...Mark Valladareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-52112466607766860662009-04-14T01:38:00.000+01:002009-04-14T01:38:00.000+01:00* insert feminist rage about misogynistic writing ...* insert feminist rage about misogynistic writing of female characters here *<br /><br />Too busy playing with <A HREF="http://miss-s-b.dreamwidth.org/" REL="nofollow">Dreamwidth</A> to actually type rant. Here, try <A HREF="http://www.feministing.com/archives/013772.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>.Jennie Rigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893281560181289667noreply@blogger.com