BuzzedPotatoHead89
Well-Known Member
Do religious groups take offense to depictions of someone (usually women) as sex objects or do they usually try to dictate women’s own body autonomy as a means of control?Pretty much what I had said before. Some people from more traditional/religious backgrounds will take offense to any depiction of someone as a sex object, even if that depiction is overall meant to be ironic.
Regardless of how one feels in this debate, is this the role of the Walt Disney Company to appease them? Certainly seems like an interesting “look” for a major company to hold in 2021.
This only becomes a problem is you appeal to the lowest common denominator of your audience and spoon feed them every story element in a semi-condensed book report fashion.If the qualification for understanding Jessica's character is a firm understanding of 1940's film-noir tropes and/or the changes in gender identity between the 1940s and the 1980s, then how do you communicate that to the audience? Do you have them fill out a "Waiver of Understanding" before joining the queue? Quiz them on several aspects of the film to be sure? Or if you are WDI just create some convoluted pre-show film that explains how Jessica is far more nuanced and empowered before you let the children on the spinning car ride?
I’m operating on the assumption most of the GP will be too busy spinning their cabs to notice the ride details, but for those who take GENUINE OFFENSE, whether on presumed fundamentalist religious grounds, neo-feminist reasons, etc., I would think in an open society like ours with available broadband and free flowing media, the consumer should research it themselves.
I know you were being hyperbolic (as was I) but the onus shouldn’t be on Disney to have to provide a cliff notes “Filmography for Dummies” of each of their dark rides. Nor should a waiver be necessary.
Perhaps if we get to that point a general (Disney+ type) disclaimer plaque, but any sound civil society really should depend on vigilant consumers that can think/research for themselves. It’s troubling if we’re admitting that as a society that’s something we feel we’re incapable of doing.