@54 Well it just doesn't look like her face. I suppose it could be though.
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Fisher also has a book out titled Wishful Drinking. I read it and laughed most of the way. Her other books (novels like Postcards from the Edge, Surrender the Pink, Delusions of...
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From what literature about it I've read, pirates have a bad rap, care of the trading companies that were targeted. As far as the raping and pillaging goes, yes they did it, as all areas with ramp...
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Oh no...the Abrams versions are going to have lightsabers spewing blood all over... Don't watch Episode VII you guys...it's going to be terrible! @48: Robin Hood only steals money. He presumably ...
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My criticisms are explicitly about the movie--adult humans can and should wear whatever they want. I still think the movie is kind of messed up--the bad taste some people have felt is because the...
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Man, I must be getting old. I'm usually a huge fan of 'so wrong it's hilarious' humor.
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And then the dad exclaiming "Weirdo!" at the end... just leaves me shaking. Because Slave Leia baby with Dad Jabba... the creators of the commerial are extremely aware of what they did, on all le...
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Yeah, the costume is hardly sexualized on the baby. Its hilarious. I can see where you are coming from, Lisamarie, but for me, the non-sequitor nature of the dad and baby daughter in the costume ...
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See, that's how I feel about pirates - although I can at least understand that for a kid it's more about exploring and finding treasure and all that. Even Robin Hood...well, I just tell myself he...
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Pirates I'm kinda ok on, the period where piracy became pretty prevalent is known for the massive income inequality and economic oppression, such actions are an outgrowth of such policies. We cel...
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LOL, we just bought some Count Chocula. Actually, my big pet peeve is pirates. But, of course you're right - and I have thought of these things before as well, as nameless peons are getting mowed...
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@44/5: I think it just goes to show how a trope can be divorced from its origins. Just as words or symbols can radically change their meaning through appropriation and conceptual drift, so can fi...
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(Sad thing is, it really was a funny commercial, and I love that it was actually non-white people in the commercial, and the the other costumse were great and it's a very creative idea. But that ...
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Slave Leia Baby? With the father as Jabba? Uh. No. Just no. And while I totally grok the whole idea behind apprecaiting the aesthetic or the (perhaps unintentional) subversion of the trope withou...
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I can't read this article and the comments without the new Samsung Holloween commercial playing through my brain, lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTV6gHyzOvA The Dad dressed as Jabba carrying ...
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@39: I will repeat what I have already said: I do not dispute how the character was presented in the movie. That is not what I am talking about. I am talking about the perception and interpretati...
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Anyone else notice the 2nd and 3rd pics aren't Carrie Fisher?
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Moderator stepping in: the conversation has started to take a personal tone, so I'd like to refer everyone to our moderation pol...
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Of course you don't have to justify your tastes to me, which is why I am puzzled why you keep bringing them up as sort of a rebuttal to my points. Like you keep talking about equality of represen...
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@37: I certainly don't have to justify myself to you, so I'm not attempting to. I'm trying to point out to you that people are individuals and you can't assume they all have the same motivations ...
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Are you looking for permission or absolution or something to like looking at women in Princess Leia slave bikinis? I don't give out either. I'm talking about the artistic choices and depictions i...
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@35: Please don't generalize. Yes, for some people the slave stuff is "part of the kink." But not for everyone, because people are different, and men shouldn't be stereotyped any more than women....
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@ ChristopherLBennett "You miss my point. Obviously it was meant to be objectifying in-story. What I'm saying i...
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Oh, there's definitely a double standard! And I agree with you it SHOULD all be equal, and we should be able to celebrate/accept nudity. But that's just now how it is, at least right now - and I ...
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And it's always not quite that lofty, there are definitely times whrere I see a man (or even a woman, although I identify as straight) and can appreciate their attractiveness, without...https://reactormag.com/carrie-fishers-sound-thoughts-on-princess-leia-in-1983/#comment-385734
@30: But again, I have to ask, is there a double standard? Lots of male action leads go shirtless, but nobody considers that demeaning or incompatible with strength or leadership. And yes, I unde...
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@29, I am totally with you on this. I definitely agree there is a difference between a healthy appreciation of sexuality and beauty, and objectification. For example, if I were to dress up for my...
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I was a young woman when this movie came out. And I distinctly recall my first reaction to those promotional posters: "Oh shit, they got to her too. Dammit." And all the posters, IIRC, did featur...
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@28: You miss my point. Obviously it was meant to be objectifying in-story. What I'm saying is that when a viewer admires the sight of Carrie Fisher or a cosplayer wearing that costume, that
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@ChristopherLBennet Sexuality and objectification are obviously not the same thing, but this is obviously an ex...
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