In hindsight, those Disney cartoons sure are creepy. No?
I mean, think about it – most of the male characters aren’t characters at all, just objectified plot devices furthering the creepy sexualized appetites of the female protagonists. Body shaming, classism (“some day my prince will come?” Seriously?) and sexism are everywhere in these damaging films aimed at innocent boys. When there is a male protagonist he’s cast as a thief, or a shithead who’s been transformed into a hideous beast because he’s a shithead, or in some weird relationship with a satyr. These films are anti-male and should be condemned as such.
Er…wait. What was I saying? No! No! Of course I meant the films are evil tools of the patriarchy, existing only to lower genderfluid children into thralldom to an empty search for toxic masculine protection, as if there could be such a thing.
I mean, look at that image. The overly sexualized female protagonist may sing about painting with all the colors of the wind but she’ll be doing it in a wooden boat cut from a living tree, while eating all the cute animals gathered at the banks of the river – which her tribe probably pollutes – to do her some sort of perverted anthropocentric homage. There is nothing about this image that isn’t problematic.
Thank Gaia we have these enlightened Hollywood actresses to set us straight at last.
But as the white male – but allied – writer Matt Walsh points out, there is so much left to do in removing these corrupting films from the lives of our wonderful children, whichever of the many properly acknowledged genders they may eventually choose.
I applaud both women for protecting their children from this highly-objectionable material. I only fear that our conversation about problematic cartoons has not gone far enough. There are several other Disney films that should be thrown on the ash heap of history alongside the ones mentioned by Bell and Knightly. Indeed, I would argue that it is actual child abuse to let your son or daughter watch any of the following:
Signed, Joel (who today identifies as a genderless Sycamore not yet carved into a boat by aboriginal male oppressors of color)
Um…I think you need to back away from the computer. A shot…or two, of your favorite adult beverage will cure the virus you have been infected with from too much exposure to the lame-stream media. If it is a worm a trip to the range will help there…if a bot then a hunk of meat cooked to your liking will help with that. Trojans, ransomware and such require all three. Of course, reapplying any of these cures are a preventative and boost the immune system.
Gee-zus! This right here is why I ignore celebrities. I pay the dancing monkey for its dancing, not its opinions.
At least Walsh has a sense of humor.
ETA:
Judy: I like your prescription. Joel will be wise to adhere to it. Yesterday I ate an all-meat diet and drank tequila and went shootin’. And filmed a demo shoot of a .50 cal muzzleloader. My immune system is ready to conquer ebola, baby! I’ll settle for not getting the flu.
Joel, did you remember your meds this morning? 🙂
That’s the fun thing about the Gulch, you never know what you’re going to get.
They could toss The Last Jedi into the rubbish heap. That’d be fine with me.
Also, who are these women?
I’m pretty sure TOY STORY’s titular hero, Woody, is actually a eunuch as signified by his empty holster and therefore having no, um, “woody”, ever.
When I worked as a drafter (or draftsman as pre-pc folk would have it), I would occasionally stand by the plotter, waiting for the queue to deliver my rolled pieces of paper. I would sigh to myself and say “Someday my prints will come.”
Hollywood has hated men and women for a very long time. I don’t listen to the Nazgul and harpies.
“Hollywood has hated STRAIGHT men and women for a very long time.”
Fixed it for ya.
🙂 🙂 🙂