Just... trying to think of coherent agreement, and only coming up with sputtering. Did you see Sucker Punch? I read the io9 and jezebel reviews and decided it sounded too... everything you just said.
Not that I'm disagreeing with you AT ALL...but do you consider it better when a woman (Margaret Atwood, for example) puts that issue at the centerpice of dystopia? someone who knows what it's like to have her agency limited and doesn't make it seem like an exotic non-western problem?
Yup, as a matter of fact I do, at least in this case. (Actually, come to think of it, it doesn't irritate me when Whedon does it either.) I think the difference might be that she grapples with the issues in a meaningful way, acknowledging their horror, as opposed to a weird kind of voyeurism (eg Bacigalupi or Snyder). Itoh was much better than the other two, but there was a whole subplot about one character not having a real consciousness/soul until she had to develop it as a way to deal with the rapes--WTELF??
Oh dear lord, more books to avoid but a good reason to use this icon. Seriously I think it can be written and dealt with interestingly as you mention Wheadon does, but he does it from showing the horror and not shying away from the mental issues it will leave.
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Just... trying to think of coherent agreement, and only coming up with sputtering. Did you see Sucker Punch? I read the io9 and jezebel reviews and decided it sounded too... everything you just said.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-mendelson/mpaa-thinks-a-young-women_b_840958.html
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(Seriously, though, well said, caitri!)
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