The Proposal & Equality...(spoiler alert)|
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If the title of this blog post (minus the "spoiler alert" part) was a question the answer would be "disappointing."
I saw the ad for the new Sandra Bullock movie "The Proposal" a few weeks ago when I went to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine (oh yeah.) As a woman who proposed to her man (he agreed, we are getting married in September, and no he is not chained up in my basement... I don't even have a basement.) Anyway, as a woman who proposed I was stoked (yes I said stoked..) to see this poster. I thought "Could it be! Pop culture is catching up!?"
Sadly, I was wrong. In my naive excitement didn't notice the suits or the fact that she seems to be pushing him up against a wall... I haven't seen the movie yet (I admit)...I really don't know if I will. But I've seen a few previews. Its a movie where some mean boss coerces her employee (Ryan Reynolds, who coincidently was in the wolverine movie...) into marrying her because she is getting deported. What the hell. THEN (according to the synopsis) as if that isn't bad enough...when they really fall in love he comes back and proposes...because of course the only legitimate proposal is when the man proposes to the woman. arrggggg!!
Do all female power types in movies have to be like Legally Blonde or this? For a woman to know what she wants and pursue a man does she have to have some ulterior motives ? (think the SJP movie Failure to Launch... )
Do women have to curb their strength by wearing the color pink and using the word "like" excessively? (I'm certainly guilty of the latter, and occasionally the former.) Why do we watch and enjoy movies like "The Hangover" and laugh at men being fools and make movies where when women are in power they are bitches...( I know its all satirical, but it does say something about our society...)
I think there is a happy medium people..its called EQUALITY.
Thoughts?
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After posting this I found Joss Whedon's (creator of Buffy the vampire slayer, etc.) speech when being honored by Equality Now. He makes some great points.
An Excerpt-
-Why do you create these strong women characters?"
Why are you even asking me this? ... Why aren't you asking 100 other guys why they don't? ...because equality is not a concept...it is a necessity...We need it to stand on this earth as men and women."
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