A Movie Without Enough Male Presence?
8:43 pm May 30th, 2008The NYT has a fairly unfavorable review of the Sex and the City movie; while I haven’t seen the movie, have no desire to do so, and am sure several of the criticisms are valid, part of the review rubbed me the wrong way:
Unlike the show, which allowed the men to emerge occasionally from the sidelines with lines of actual dialogue, the male characters in the movie stand idly by, either smiling or stripping, reduced to playing sock puppets in a Punch-free Judy and Judy (times two) show. I’m all for the female gaze, but, gee, it’s also nice to talk — and listen — to men, too.
Uh, right. Men don’t have enough screen time?
Not according to another NYT article by the same author (!), xkcd, Jezebel, or indeed, anyone with half a brain who watches blockbuster movies (or even their advertisements). It’s nice to talk and listen to men in movies, sure, but you have every other movie coming out this summer for plenty of that.
1 Comment to “A Movie Without Enough Male Presence?”
joaniechachi says:
May 31st, 2008 at 1:51 am
Uh, right. Men don’t have enough screen time?
Not according to…
I did a double take when I read that. It seemed as if “men don’t have enough screen time” was being validated. Of course, checking the things linked got me to pick my jaw off the floor.
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