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As mentioned in my previous post, relentlessly hammering every show we watch with some tale of love and sex between ‘opposite sexes’ claims this as the natural way of things, and all of the baggage that carries with it, without ever examining the validity of the concept of heterosexuality or its power dynamics.
Heterosexuality as we know it today comes with built-in sexism. It comes in the form of societal expectations that pigeon-hole men and women into specific roles when in relationships with one another. Some examples include: the assumption that a man should be the one to buy a diamond and propose to a woman. It is the assumption that a woman will take a man’s last name when they marry. The idea that a man must be the primary breadwinner or he’s failed or been ’emasculated’. These, at least on the surface, are some of the more benign examples. The list is endless.
All of this is built into heterosexuality even if specific individuals eschew it. It’s a part of our collective agreement of how these relationships work. There are people who still vehemently defend this way of life. Although some may find that this works best for them, it’s the unquestioning acceptance of heterosexuality as ‘normal’ and ‘right’ that produces problems.
This is clever stuff – even if you aren’t a film student and have never seen or heard of film noir.
The Pantsless Detective, Season 3 wants us all to know where the credit for it belongs. (Does this mean nobody got paid?)
Starring:
Tom Chamberlain as Det. Richard Panceliss/Father Panceliss
Dipu Bhattacharya as Smitty/Narrator
Amy Lewis as Temperance Friday
Rebecca Robinson as Constance Trustworthy
Brian Sierer as Sgt. McAdams
John Stanhope as Thug/Bruno Weisenheimer
J. Kevin Smith as Junior Detective #2
Tony Salinas as Junior Detective #3
Craig Kanne as New Thug
Martina Ohlhauser as Mother Panceliss/Phem Faye Tall
Miles Baade as Young Panceliss
Leigh Newsom as Waiter/Shower victim
Django as Guard Dog
As another step in our march through the Awards Season, I went and saw Snowden. This film follows a story some of us are quite familiar with: NSA analyst Edward Snowden and how he leaked the NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques.
THE GOOD:
THE BAD:
NOTE FROM LB:
In a way I didn’t realize when I first wrote it, the following poem commemorates the moment of my baptism as Kid Hollywood. So brave I was! So bold! So proud!
But, as I didn’t even think to ask myself at the time, of what?