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The sexism of the film was blatant--women are apparently unfulfilled unless they are married, procreating or both (though this was couched as a post-feminist choice ).
You will groan at the flimsy attempts at humor, the awkward camera work, the sexism and racism, the ridiculous story line, the wooden acting.
Perhaps it was the overall glorification of being a bounty hunter; maybe it was the sexism masquerading as an involving and interesting study of a hard bodied female lead character; maybe it was the mere look of the film with its bizarre yellow glow and distorted blue tints or the manner in which it takes an actress like Lucy Lui; who deserves a lot better than this junk; and has her sit there in the one spot in the room the light cannot directly hit with the same dumb look on her face.
But of course it is about sexism.
The movie, about a young woman's quest to make her mark in the music world, captures the times perfectly, from the overt sexism, rough economic times, social upheaval, to the shift in pop culture from rough-and-tumble punk to terribly fey and pretentious Futurism/New Romanticism.
In other places, I have read complaints about racism and sexism from sanctimonious, politically correct prigs.
But of course, it's really a case of sexism.
The 1970s sexism and the Japanese-American character (playing a racial stereotype) are plain embarrassing.
I've long held the theory that the level of sexism displayed on a DVD's front cover is directly proportional to the dreadfulness of the film itself.
What do you get when you combine an Aussie celeb and her hubby, a video camera, some Bondi regulars, and sexism and sleaze galore?
"Buyu" also features shameless sexism and absolutely sick sequences, such as women being raped by spirits-no, I'm not making that up!
It's cheap, written without much imagination, with no real laughs and with some (by 2008 standards) cringe inducing racism and sexism.
Russians pictured like rude, ignorant jerks,movie is full of cliches, sexism and racism are rampant... Movie feels like low budget brainless flick made in two weeks.
Of course it's not PC and there are elements of both sexism and racism.
The only problem is that they rely too much on "pushing the buttons" of everyone that they can't be funny without resorting to racism, sexism, or vulgarity.
Is it possible that there is a correlation between the increased "awareness" of the media on the sensitive issue of sexism which their policy makers seem to believe can be dealt with by ruthlessly crushing any reference to the female sex in a comedy programme that is not totally adulatory,and the increased amount of disrespect and violence shown towards women in society in 2006?When Reg Varney made some outrageous remark to a large-bosomed bus conductress was he perhaps exorcising vicariously some deep need in the male members of his audience to do exactly the same thing themselves?Robbed by the self-appointed arbiters of public good of the opportunity of such relief,the nagged,the hen-pecked or the simply inadequate become more and more frustrated, sometimes with tragic results.
In response to the comments by other reviewers regarding the politics including sexism I have to say that I found these things the best part of the movie even if they were not very deeply explored.
Discard comments regarding sexism and ignore comparisons to Tombstone, I feel sorry for him and his costars, some of whom actually deliver strong, believable performances.
beside the fact that it's full of racism, antisemitism and sexism it's simply a really bad movie (there are exellent sexist films - by and large all billy wilder movies; there are even very good films full of racism - all these comedies of the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's with ridiculous dancing blacks or stupid black nannies, etc.).
since racism, antisemitism and sexism are stupid by itself, the minimal requirement should be that they were presented in a witty way.
This movie is nothing but stupidity, sexism, swearing, and violence.
There's enough sexism to go around for a long time.
Instead of telling a story that detailed the role of Black women in the 30's, detailed the light skinned/dark skinned intraracial issues, sexism, the dozens, symbolism, and utilized the wonderful Southern dialect that made the characters come alive, we get a pasteurized movie that boils away the black culture away like it was an impurity.
There's Mike Connors (Mannix), and then a lot of gun pointing, and, pardon my sexism, cat fights.
Back stabbing, sexism, betrayal and lies somehow make this a very entertaining movie.
Sexism be damned, but the ladies were pleasing to my eyes.
In some regions of India and China where couples are anxious to have a son, selective abortion has been the ultimate form of sexism, and has been practiced to such an extent that a generation is coming of age in which males face a shortage of female partners.
Questions about her record have been sidestepped; her inexperience is lauded as a virtue; any criticism is dismissed as sexism.
Trump – with his admiration of dictators, unabashed racism and sexism, ignorance regarding the issues, and mercurial temperament – stands at the top of this list.
So, perhaps we can judge moral progress by asking how well we have done in combating racism and sexism.
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