Modern Cinema Patronises Young Women - Baggage Claim | Modern Wisdom Podcast 546

Baggage Claim is a YouTuber and movie critic.

There have been a lot of female leads in TV and cinema over the last few years. She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Dr Strange 2 and The Rings Of Power all showed women leading the charge, but just how aspirational and admirable are these role models for the women that watch them? Is it treating them like mature humans or patronising them like fragile idiots?

Expect to learn how cultural narcissism has taken hold of Hollywood, why perfect female characters teach women nothing about how to be a good person, why Hollywood relies on performative empathy to feel good, the problem with She-Hulk's dating life, why no one is going to be guilted into watching anything, the lessons to learn from Bros romcom failure and much more...

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00:00 Intro
00:19 Emotional Evolution of James Bond
10:11 Unrealistic Female Characters
14:14 How She-Hulk Patronises Women
23:57 Does Woke Fan-baiting Work?
31:49 Reducing Galadriel’s Roles of Mother & Wife
37:48 Cultural Narcissism in Marvel
45:54 Is Meghan Markle Going Too Far?
53:00 Increasing Gap Between Critic & Audience Reviews
59:42 What is the True Role of a Studio?
1:04:41 The Next 5 Years of Cinema
1:14:06 Where to Find Baggage Claim

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