This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Screening at Ted Mann Theater followed by a discussion with Greta Gerwig and Cameron Crowe
Greta shared that she used inspiration from Say Anything and the way Lloyd speaks to Diane during the scene at the boxing gym to show Gosling how she wanted the scene of Barbie asking to be Ken's girlfriend to feel :,)
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I feel like the targeted demographic was almost tricked into watching a movie really meant for men and people complicit in rape culture. The trailer absolutely prepared me for a rape revenge with actual cathartic revenge and we got.... a dead protagonist....
I understand it’s meant to mirror how SA is handled in real life with little to no justice but I and other women in the targeted audience are reminded of that every day, we don’t need to be tricked into seeing it played out in film.
We couldn’t get ONE dick chopped off??
