symbolism, once more and the beginnings of another project...

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Today hasn't been particularly productive, not like yesterday or the day before; however, I am quite pleased to report that I still feel good, and that I continued to take real and productive steps toward my continued recovery. Each moment counts. I know it is cheesy and probably kind of schmaltzy, but I did receive a very good gift once, from my

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I know this will all touch nerves with my readers, as most of my readers are women (and one, at least, is very interested in comedy). I hope fruitful discussion can ensue.

Actually, you bring up a lot of the reasons why lots of feminists I know dislike Judd Apatow. Me, though I had a lot of issues with Knocked Up, I still very much love The 40-Year Old Virgin. I don't think too hard about it; it makes me laugh like a comedy should. I think the best sort of comedy is honest and absurd, so my favorite scenes in that film pushed both of those buttons for me.

I know Apatow is praised for writing women with "flaws" but once it became apparent that those flaws fit the Nagging Wife/Girlfriend stereotype, I stopped taking his stuff so seriously. I will say that I know he's modeled most of his female characters after his wife, Leslie Mann, so maybe that has a lot to do with it. The current trend in modern comedy is "men behaving badly while their naggy wives and girlfriends nag them," which may change with the popularity of films like Bridesmaids, but time can only tell!

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Thanks. :) It's nice to know my comments are actually valid, and express sentiments that are out there. I guess I could have figured that out by a google search or two, but what would be the fun? ;)

Reminds me, of how when I saw Super Size Me I was convinced (and still am, to a degree) that it was basically an indictment of cultural imperialism and the capitalist system. I even said so at the time, but everyone just sort of laughed at me about that, that I was reading too deep into a "not-very-deep" movie. I suppose it also helps to explain that when that did come out, in 2004, I was very much so committed to Marxism-Leninism. But, yeah, I think that my argument about conservatism in the movie industry, in Hollywood mainstream films, can actually be extended to all genres. But, I dunno. That would really take a lot of time to think and write about. I could probably devote the rest of my life to exploring politics & culture in film, but I'd much rather study History and only dabble in film. lol.