Comments on: It’s Very Complicated http://www.thenewagenda.net/2010/01/30/its-very-complicated/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patti http://www.thenewagenda.net/2010/01/30/its-very-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-42165 Patti Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:17:24 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=18262#comment-42165 I actually think this movie depicts what a mistake it is for younger woman to marry men far older than they are. I don't feel sorry for the man, but the woman is not a victim either. On the other hand, I watched this movie for the entertainment value, not to break it down and analyze it. It was funny. Anything with Meryl Streep in it is worth watching. And she's no door mat. She is a feminist, to be sure. I actually think this movie depicts what a mistake it is for younger woman to marry men far older than they are. I don’t feel sorry for the man, but the woman is not a victim either. On the other hand, I watched this movie for the entertainment value, not to break it down and analyze it. It was funny. Anything with Meryl Streep in it is worth watching. And she’s no door mat. She is a feminist, to be sure.

]]> By: Bes http://www.thenewagenda.net/2010/01/30/its-very-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-42088 Bes Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:39:49 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=18262#comment-42088 I think the problem is no one has accepted that women's content is content women will pay to consume. There is no other relevant definition. It is not what ever men say it is and it is not whatever feminists say it should be. Media companies need to use more female writers and more female directors. So far in media all decisions are made by men and when women do get a turn it is the women who ape male behavior to get ahead who get the chance to sell a script or make a movie. "Women's Content" has not evolved for a very long time. Once some women are free to create I think it will leap light years ahead of where it has been. If I were trying to make money from women's media I would have a board of young women from respected high schools and I would pick their brains for what they want to see. I think the problem is no one has accepted that women’s content is content women will pay to consume. There is no other relevant definition. It is not what ever men say it is and it is not whatever feminists say it should be. Media companies need to use more female writers and more female directors. So far in media all decisions are made by men and when women do get a turn it is the women who ape male behavior to get ahead who get the chance to sell a script or make a movie. “Women’s Content” has not evolved for a very long time. Once some women are free to create I think it will leap light years ahead of where it has been. If I were trying to make money from women’s media I would have a board of young women from respected high schools and I would pick their brains for what they want to see.

]]> By: harmony http://www.thenewagenda.net/2010/01/30/its-very-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-42049 harmony Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:26:58 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=18262#comment-42049 Why couldn't the first wife in the movie have captured the interest of a younger attractive successful man....and have it work out? Maybe then I would go and see the movie. Why couldn’t the first wife in the movie have captured the interest of a younger attractive successful man….and have it work out? Maybe then I would go and see the movie.

]]> By: Karen http://www.thenewagenda.net/2010/01/30/its-very-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-42046 Karen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:18:26 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=18262#comment-42046 "Getting the man on the altar of another woman’s pain is not a big score for women’s emancipation. That’s still just a cheating husband who has failed to man-up and live with the deal he made when he asked the hot chic to marry him." Is there a way to write a story like this, which reveals how these stories fail to truly empower women? “Getting the man on the altar of another woman’s pain is not a big score for women’s emancipation. That’s still just a cheating husband who has failed to man-up and live with the deal he made when he asked the hot chic to marry him.”

Is there a way to write a story like this, which reveals how these stories fail to truly empower women?

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