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- From: thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle)
- Subject: Re: The Cook...Lover/women's response
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.075047.23608@datamark.co.nz>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 07:50:47 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.060611.25351@netcom.com>
- Organization: Datamark International Ltd.
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- In article <1992Dec27.060611.25351@netcom.com> estrayer@netcom.com (Eric Strayer) writes:
- >*** Specifically I want to know if women find the
- >film particularly offensive to women, and if they
- >consider this to be a normal or expected reaction.
- >From the men, I don't have any specific questions
- >but comments pertaining to the questions I pose to
- >the women will still be appreciated.***
-
- <<SPOILERS>>
-
- Well, I may not be a woman, but...
-
- I have been a fan of Peter Greenaway (the director) for a while and
- have noticed that a lot of his films do not have a great attitude
- towards women.
-
- For example, _Drowning By Numbers_ has three women killing their
- husbands and using their sex appeal to manipulate a man into covering
- it up. When he finally decides to reveal all, they dispose of him too.
-
- In _Belly of an Architect_, again we have a woman as a "bad
- character". The architect seems to partly blame her for his problems
- and turns on her after she starts sleeping with another man.
-
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