This is what gets 12 Oscar nominations nowadays?
Besides some well done cinematography this movie sucked! Just a boring movie about miserable people living in the early 1900's. Zzzzzzzzz
shareWell it was a deconstruction of one of the last bastions of American glory: the white cowboy.
Now inundated with the taint of homosexuality and portrayed through the lens of "toxic" masculinity, it was everything Hollywood craves. As the movie showcases, openly gay murderers triumph in the end.
I noticed this Netflix movie had all these nominations so I wanted to check it out... bad idea. I noticed it was another gay cowboy movie. The masculine cowboy who is a closeted homosexual... barf! The internet is great since I can look up the plot and all the spoilers. I decided not to watch it since I grew up watching all those cool Spaghetti westerns. I don't believe the cowboys were gay in the Netflix black cowboy film The Harder They Fall.
shareI don't believe the cowboys were gay in the Netflix black cowboy film The Harder They Fall.
No, because blacks typically don't like homosexuals. There isn't any part of their culture that celebrates it because 1) most black women want their men to be masculine, and 2) most black men would prefer to be seen as masculine (hence the penchant for nearly a third of all black male deaths under 30 in America being attributed to gang/gun violence).
So, to your point, they give the black cowboys a relatively "cool" movie, whereas Netflix turned the entire White cowboy movie into a dissection about how masculine, White cowboys were really just cowardly, closeted homosexuals.
The propaganda was disgustingly strong with Power of the Dog. share
It’s just a point of view. Being “gay” has existed forever. You’ve got a million movies in the history of cinema where no one is gay (and every character suits your your preference).
I’m just saying that not everyone agrees with your preferences, and I don’t see anything wrong with seeing a different point of view every once in a while.
I mean, I can love a western like “Tombstone” for the badassary that it is, and can also appreciate a movie like “Brokeback Mountain”for its POV and filmmaking artistry.
I thought it was strange for Hollywood to nominate a Western with a white male lead.
Try as they might, it will take more than that film to kill good Westerns or successfully change the narrative.
The Searchers (56) is in Sight and Sounds top ten.
I haven't bothered looking, but did Old Henry get nominated for anything? Old Henry was a far superior Western and captured much of the same mood as The Power of the Dog, but without any of the homosexual subversion; they also gave us a proper and thrilling shootout in the end instead of a homoerotic "roping" scene.
shareI'm not sure, I will have to check that one out. But you are spot on with your comments.
Hollywood has always been a dynamo for social engineering.
"Toxic masculinity" is on the Hollywoods radar and will try to use social engineering to change it.
'Should' what is known as toxic masculinity be changed in your opinion?
shareI believe that the term has come into play because men and women are working more closely together in the workplace, and women are reaching higher levels of power in the office than ever before. Men and women, for the most part have different styles of operation in the office. Women tend to be more cognizant of the feelings of others, while males tend to be focused on a goal and have no problem hashing out issues without regards to the feelings of others with fierce debate.
I believe the social engineering experiment is just to try and teach men the advanced skill of tactfulness while in leadership positions.
Of course the term "toxic" masculinity can easily be confused with just plain masculine behavior, and therein lies the rub.
There are many conservative thinkers that believe that the term "toxic" masculinity is just a figleaf for liberals war on masculine behavior of any sort.
I can see your point, thanks for being so conscientious in your reply. I really appreciate it! Could you give me an example of a masculine behavior that liberals are against?
shareYou got to wonder what's so important about "deconstructing" America's only really durable mythology.
Just kidding...
We all know why they're doing it.
White tears are sooooo umm umm good!
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