jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (09/21/85)
Though several people have mentioned that they don't go to the "Friday the 13th" type of movie because of the violence depicted, no one has yet mentioned how this type of film demeans women in a very particular way. In almost all of them, the victims are young women who "get theirs" because they are sexually active, or dare to show some independence. The audience is encouraged to take the viewpoint of the sicko killer, by using the killer's view as the camera angle (so that what one sees is what the killer "sees"). The audiences for this type of movie are in large part young men, who seem to get a big kick out of it. In fact, it's pretty scary how popular these anti-woman, anti-HUMAN movies are. I would encourage everyone to BOYCOTT films of this type. If you feel that pornography is damaging, then you must agree that movies like this, *which are much more widely-accepted and viewed* than most of the really violent porn, have a dehumanising effect on the society that supports them. Stay away. Don't give them your money and approval. -- jcpatilla "At night, the ice weasels come."
waltervj@dartvax.UUCP (walter jeffries) (09/24/85)
Jody has a good point about the wide acceptance of the dehumanizing and
violent 'slasher flicks' like Friday the 13th. Boycotting them is all fine and
good but it may not have much impact on anything beyond our own feelings of
selfrightiousness. How about boycotting And writing letters explaining your
reasons for doing so to the local newspaper(s)? You'll only be heard if you
speak...
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jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) (09/25/85)
> > Though several people have mentioned that they don't go to > the "Friday the 13th" type of movie because of the violence depicted, > no one has yet mentioned how this type of film demeans women in a > very particular way. In almost all of them, the victims are young women > who "get theirs" because they are sexually active, or dare to show > some independence. The audience is encouraged to take the viewpoint of > the sicko killer, by using the killer's view as the camera angle (so > that what one sees is what the killer "sees"). Yes, yes, yes! I have felt this way about "Mad Slasher" movies for a long time. Not only that, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert agree with you. They did a show a while back on this type of movie, and made exactly the points you make. A few years ago I had HBO, and was amazed at the number of slasher movies there were. Fortunately, there seem not to be as many of them as there used to be. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff