I finally finished Mayans MC (spin-off of Sons of Anarchy) and in the second to last episode the main character has an accident and Jax Teller’s ex is the one to give him a ride to get help. In the car she says that men have it so easy because they can beat their chests and act like kids well into adulthood but women are the ones who really have it rough. Of course the main character offered no pushback. But hey I’m sure all the construction workers, miners, sewer workers, military, police, first responders, firefighters, farmers, etc. can rest easy knowing they have it easy.
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A lot of Tarantino films are just over-the-top revenge fantasies against socially approved identity targets. Kill Bill is female revenge fantasy, Django Unchained is black revenge fantasy, Inglorious Bastards is Jewish revenge fantasy, etc. I used to enjoy these movies for their undeniable craft, but then I came to realize that a lot of Tarantino fans relish not in his talent but in his chosen villains.
This is not to defend slave owners or Nazis. I just think Tarantino films have come to dehumanize their bad guys to an almost gleeful degree, and the people who most enjoy it tend to be radically anti-male and anti-white.
I mean, can you imagine what would happen to him if he wrote a film about a revenge fantasy against Jews, Blacks, or Women? He would have a rape allegation against him within six hours. Given how much he worked for Weinstein, that might even be true. He couldn't make one even if he wanted to.
Steven in Django Unchained is written as thoroughly despicable, smarter than Candie, loves power, and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. And he’s slaughtered by Django at the end.