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Sexist?

posted 18 years ago by patrick-leyland
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Okay, so my flatmate was watching this movie and I was sort of half paying attention, so I can't say I've been closely folowing it or anything, but...

Does anyone else find the basic premise of this movie rather sexist? Bullock's character could be doing legal work for the Supreme Court but instead she fall's for Grant's foppish charms, sacrificing her career to be with him.

Or have I totally missed a big part of the plot? This really isn't the sort of movie I'd normally watch, so I really don't want to watch it to see.

Thoughts?

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] LadyOfTheMasque 15 years ago

How was it sexist? She agonised over the offer *because* of his reputation and that it was for a big company rather than something like Legal Aid. While discussing it with her parents at lunch, her mother mentions that she could have clerked for the Supreme Court. Lucy justifies taking a job for Wade (if she did indeed decide to take it) by saying that she would be able to allocate funds for charities and do some good.

They started out not liking one another, but warmed up to each other, becoming friends while they worked together. And of course, the friendship blossomed to deeper feelings
by the end.

House: Climb out of your holes, people!

[–] whiteflag17 14 years ago

She wasn't "sacrificing" anything. It was a great job. Just because her boss is a little eccentric doesn't mean it wasn't. She had to keep working for him until they finished that one project because she had a contract, but other than that she was free to find another job whenever.