Simon Dillon
May 19, 2023

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I feel apathetic about both aspects, to be honest. The Islamic terrorist nutter stereotype to my mind is no more egregious than, say, the snooty, sadistical, colonial British stereotype villains seen recently in RRR. And obviously that stereotype crops up in umpteen other films too.

I can't really get too worked up about the misogyny thing either, as both parties are not communicating properly, both are in the wrong in some way, and both resolve their differences in the film. So it's ultimately pro-marriage, which I can hardly complain about. I have to say whenever I watch this with my wife, we always laugh at these bits (especially the striptease bit). Perhaps that makes us both raging misogynists, but there you go. :)

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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