It’s a trend I’m noticing, people are unhappy with the status quo, but the higher ups love it.
The compromise? Villains used as a mouthpiece for the audience and then given a moment in the third act where they sit down to eat a basket of puppies and some “We need a solution but men like you will never give it!” for our hero to support the status quo but have a false pretense of a copout… it made me really appreciate Jack Horner for being an actual goddamn villain in a sea of “The Bad Guy is right, but…”
Now I’m randonly remembering Disney trying to actually sell Cruella DeVille of all people as a feminist girlboss antihero…
As if anyone could root for a woman who wants to skin literal puppies alive in order to make a dress…
It’s a trend I’m noticing, people are unhappy with the status quo, but the higher ups love it.
The compromise? Villains used as a mouthpiece for the audience and then given a moment in the third act where they sit down to eat a basket of puppies and some “We need a solution but men like you will never give it!” for our hero to support the status quo but have a false pretense of a copout… it made me really appreciate Jack Horner for being an actual goddamn villain in a sea of “The Bad Guy is right, but…”
Now I’m randonly remembering Disney trying to actually sell Cruella DeVille of all people as a feminist girlboss antihero…
As if anyone could root for a woman who wants to skin literal puppies alive in order to make a dress…
Basically every good vs evil narrative from hollywood for the past 30 years has been this.
The “Malcom X was a bad guy!” Trope is offensive as fuck to anyone who knows basic history