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714. Directorpiece Theatre: Portraying the Female Gaze (In the Cut)
🕑 Added 2024-04-26 13:00:16 +0000 UTC
Adam Ganser wants to talk about an early 2000’s neo-noir film where Meg Ryan is both the detective and the femme fatale. Also we see Mark Ruffalo’s dick. Also, it was directed by Jane Campion (The Piano, The Power of the Dog). This film introduces the concept of the female gaze along with a unique noir story that exposes the genre’s tendency for male gaze films.
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Scriptmonkeys
Fascinating episode. One thing that may shift perception of a moment in the film that Abe touched on: The character Cornelius offers the John Wayne Gacy wasn’t guilty theory and Abe mentions that, even if that wasn’t his intent, it makes him look like an apologist for a woman hating monster. However, while Gacy was a monster, his victims were exclusively male. Someone like Ted Bundy would have been a better option for an infamous serial killer of women. I suspect this was as intentional for the same reason Campion presents the female gaze instead of the male gaze. Instead of the typical man killing a woman with a vague or overt sexual component; Campion used Gacy’s killings of men with a sexual component to subvert standard expectations. These expectations are fueled by Movies and TV mostly presenting females as victims of serial killers. On the other hand, reality agrees, but maybe less than one might think. 70% of serial killer victims are indeed women. However, most non-serial killer homicide victims are males. 🤷🏻
