Another podcast calling for art to be sanitized
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“I love a good classic movie podcast, and the notion that looking at some of our favorite films from years gone by and pointing out the moments that haven’t aged well is a great idea in theory. Many other podcasts are doing it too.
But after listening to episodes of this podcast like their “American Beauty” episode and hearing these two hosts discuss how this film is now apparently trash under the sanitized gaze of the woke world, I’m starting to understand why people find this type of revisionist, cancel culture critique so irritating and even problematic.
According to these hosts, EVERYTHING is wrong with this Best Picture Oscar winner, and it should be thrown into the “OMG, what were we thinking in the 90’s?” fires for all eternity. The fact that a major plot point involves a grown man lusting after an underage girl is, of course, icky. IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE. Because NEWS FLASH: grown men have been lusting after young girls (and young men!) since time began, and they’re not going to stop ANYTIME SOON. It’s the reality of human nature. And shouldn’t the art we create REFLECT the truth of life? OR should all art and all the content we see now be the equivalent of an instructional after school special of how we SHOULD be?
Apparently the mere fact that this movie is about a white male character’s disenchantment with how his life turned out is revolting toxic waste, because: 1) it didn’t take enough time to ensure that all the female characters were fully dimensional and was especially disgusting for portraying his wife in a negative light because she was the real heroine of the film. Never mind that the movie was ABOUT THE MALE CHARACTER and how he saw his life; it should’ve found a way to tell his wife’s redemption tale first and foremost, and also 2) done a better job of portraying the positivity of teenage female friendships (because there’s nothing more kind, loving, and decent than how teenage girls treat each other) and also 3) should never have let one of the teenage female characters find some self-confidence in the affections of a male but should’ve found it in self-love and then of course 4) had the misfortune of casting Kevin Spacey (cancelled!)…it goes on and on.
THIS is what’s wrong with much of the woke agenda and the policing of art. For life may imitates art, but art also imitates life. It’s a universal, indivisible circle. And being a proponent for only creating art that “behaves itself” and never reflects the realities of human nature is just another form of censorship. There are people in the arts who do crappy things in their personal lives but are brilliant artists. And just like in real life, there are female characters who are unlikeable, and don’t need to always be portrayed as sainted simply because “You know, the PATRIARCHY!! Boo! Hiss!!”
As a woman, the irony of listening to these hosts talk about the horrific misogyny of this film while simultaneously castigating their younger selves for ever liking it would be laughable if it wasn’t so embarrassing.”
kittenpeanutjones via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/18/23
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