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sasha_featherJesse said something interesting today about violence in media, in this case in The Expanse: horrible things are treated as horrible, and reflect on morality. The society is dangerous, and the characters are not only trying to stay alive, but are trying to save the world.
I watched Mr. Right the other day on Netflix. This is a comedy about a hitman who falls in love while trying to reform his ways. I find Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick charming on their own, and they were charming together. But the violence in this movie is not treated seriously. I don't like to see death treated so cavalierly, which is my problem with "cozy" murder mysteries too. I was perhaps not in the right mind-set for this movie, but I'm also not sure I ever will be.
I also watched a comedy special today, by Fortune Feimster, on Netflix. It is great to see a fat lesbian on TV always, but this was disappointing: she jokes about loving to eat, makes a couple of diabetes "jokes", and talks about intentional weight loss. I liked the parts that were about her family, being gay, and about growing up in the South, but it always seemed to come back to the fat jokes. It made me think about what Hannah Gadsby has said on this topic:
"Do you understand what self-deprecation means when it comes from someone who is already in the margins? It's not humility. It's humiliation. I put myself down in order to speak, in order to seek permission to speak."
I watched Mr. Right the other day on Netflix. This is a comedy about a hitman who falls in love while trying to reform his ways. I find Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick charming on their own, and they were charming together. But the violence in this movie is not treated seriously. I don't like to see death treated so cavalierly, which is my problem with "cozy" murder mysteries too. I was perhaps not in the right mind-set for this movie, but I'm also not sure I ever will be.
I also watched a comedy special today, by Fortune Feimster, on Netflix. It is great to see a fat lesbian on TV always, but this was disappointing: she jokes about loving to eat, makes a couple of diabetes "jokes", and talks about intentional weight loss. I liked the parts that were about her family, being gay, and about growing up in the South, but it always seemed to come back to the fat jokes. It made me think about what Hannah Gadsby has said on this topic:
"Do you understand what self-deprecation means when it comes from someone who is already in the margins? It's not humility. It's humiliation. I put myself down in order to speak, in order to seek permission to speak."
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