Comments | marag: Gender!fail in Oz and Barak (no, they're not related)

marag

Gender!fail in Oz and Barak (no, they're not related)

Mar 07, 2013 21:34

If you'd like to know why I recommend you avoid the new Oz movie, I bring you this quote from the wiki article on the movie. Madripoor_Rose pointed it out in her journal and it made my head explode into flames:

Screenwriter Mitchel Kapner was intrigued by the prospect of exploring the origins of the Wizard of Oz character. Producer Joe Roth became ( Read more... )

gender, movie, barak, health

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madripoor_rose March 8 2013, 03:21:43 UTC

I am still stunned by that quote. Happy B-day to Barak, and hope your shoulder gets better. 'Practicing medicine', maybe someday they'll get it right.

marag March 8 2013, 16:44:04 UTC

Ow ow ow. Who needs a shoulder anyway?

madripoor_rose March 8 2013, 17:18:06 UTC

My ortho took the splint off yesterday and started to leave the exam room. Until I pointed out that I can't actually move any of my fingers and maybe we should do something about that.

sabra_n March 8 2013, 04:05:17 UTC

Which is why I knew that this was an idea for a movie that was genuinely worth pursuing.

*cries laughing* Oh my god, that's amazing. You know how some people make parody superfluous? Yeah, you can't even Onion-ize this guy.

marag March 8 2013, 16:44:52 UTC

I know! Why bother trying to make fun of him? He's self-parodying.

kayjayuu March 8 2013, 07:38:24 UTC

Happy Birthday Barak!

Can you try some (Bragg's) Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (with The Mother... don't ask, it's in the description)? I don't know if that's dietarily allowable for you. When my bursitis was almost healed but still flaring up when it really shouldn't have been, I started drinking two teaspoons in a glass of water every day, and the pain went away... something about anti-inflammation or whatnot. I wasn't in as much direct pain as you were but I was amazed at how well it worked.

marag March 8 2013, 16:45:28 UTC

We'll see. If it's just inflammation the cortisone shot should have worked. Now the doctor is wondering if it's really a tear. Sigh.

oneiriad March 8 2013, 14:29:20 UTC

But a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by
Huh?

It's an idiot statement for anyone to make. bunnyjadwiga March 8 2013, 16:39:59 UTC

There has to be an unspoken subclause there.
Perhaps it's difficult to find a SIMPLE, well-known-and-popular-in-America, single-version fairy tale with a VIRTUOUS strong male protagonist, unless we count the frog prince.

Consider Jack, who is a continual protagonist in a wide variety of stories, but he's usually either a) being lazy and/or stupid, or b) doing something illegal and/or immoral?

The youngest son always trips off to do the right thing-- but it seems to vary wildly what it is he is to do.

The fact that 90% of fairy tales have a strong male hero is perhaps as not as relevant to Disney as the selection of story tales parents can tell their children by heart, unfortunately.

And also unfortunately, modern american parents don't seem to have memorized too many fairy tales for boys, instead knowing truck stories?

Re: It's an idiot statement for anyone to make. marag March 8 2013, 16:48:15 UTC

Sigh. I'm still at the flailing stage.

marag March 8 2013, 16:46:12 UTC

Yes. I pretty much did o_O at the screen for a while.

wabbitseason March 8 2013, 18:35:17 UTC

I'm boggling at that statement, especially with reference to Oz. I've never much cared about the Wizard -- I was there for Glinda and Ozma thank you very much. So turning Oz into the Wizard's secret origin story *saving* those beautiful but powerful witches... count me the eff out! (And now I want to reread Baum.)