But if if a white dude doesn't react to something, how do we know it happened? *headdesk*

One neat thing about crowdsourcing is that several small films by women directors/writers are getting funding like: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-boys-allowed where the principal cast is all female.

So - there might be interest in your project

History was written almost entirely from a male POV and I guess they just didn't want to shift it to keep the narrative flowing. *weak laughter*

WE LIVE IN A MERITOCRACY, STONEY! Like fuck we do.

I shall rage with you. I'm about to make the angriest cup of tea ever, tea leaves EVERYWHERE!

Chris and I were just talking about this, and he had some interesting comments. Neither of us have seen his film, so we're going off of your post (which is sickening. Not your words, the movie.) He said, "The only way that movie could work is if the protagonist admits that his ego is what's damaged. That could be a really powerful message for men, to realize that they aren't fucking victims. Their ego is what's damaged, and that's disgusting. But that's probably not what he was trying to say with his movie. It's like that famous episode in the Sopranos when [the therapist] gets raped, and her boyfriend goes nuts wanting to kick someone's ass because someone did this to his woman. But it's not about him, it's about her, and he can't understand it." His knee-jerk reaction is violence toward the wrong doer, not comfort to his girlfriend that needs his support and love.

So A: my husband is awesome and B: the next time I hear about a man feeling victimized because of someone else's trauma, I'm going to shank them. Imagine watching a documentary about mass genocide on TV. And you feel really close to the people that were killed/tortured/whatever because they share the same race as you. And you think it's REALLY IMPORTANT to shine a light on yourself, because you are affected! Look how this affects me, you guys! I feel pain too! No, no, look away from the TV and those agonizing screams you're hearing. Mine is a silent scream. That's almost LOUDER.

BARF RALPH HOARK

I went to film school and was taught by a bunch of men who told me don't worry if I was good men would hire me to work on their sets because I was pretty, and women who told me I couldn't make movies about horror or sex, or women being violent and still be a feminist. I ended up angry and insecure as an artist. I watched guys with half my ability get twice the opportunity because they had dicks and I didn't. I eventually said fuck it all.
It's only in the last 5 years working in the sex industry that I've been able to put my ability to use. I both love and hate the film industry, but am actually working toward funding the production and distribution of my work and the work of like minded people. I'll be using all that dirty, sex money. *cackles with glee*
Seriously though reading the plot of his movie makes me rage. If you wanted do something like that why not a movie about a man who has been raped or molested, something like Mysterious Skin. Why does the woman's pain have to be a prop, and no doubt the rape of a partner would have an impact on you, but there is a way to depict that that isn't gross and self-serving. I swear to god some days I want to go on a dudebro/hipster/nice guy killing spree.

PS I would watch the fuck out of Friendzoned, make it happen, girl. :)


Edited at 2013-10-11 06:47 pm (UTC)

I so want you to take that somewhere. It NEEDS to be made. Seriously I will cheer you on every bit of the way. It's the kind of movie love.

I think self-funding is the only way I'll ever get to make the movies I want to make the way I want to make them. That I'm using the money of duded who pay for my verbal humiliation will only make it sweeter.