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Post #1222584

Author
Shopping Maul
Parent topic
Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD *
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Date created
4-Jul-2018, 3:48 AM

TV’s Frink said:

Shopping Maul said:

Oh please. Did we criticise Ewoks because of ‘toxic masculinity’? Did we balk at the plotholes created by the prequels because of latent sexism? Did we hate Midichlorians because it threatened the patriarchy? Did we cringe at Padme/Anakin’s romance dialogue because we’re trapped in some selfish power-fantasy? No, these were simply film critiques. Nothing more, nothing less. And despite a few racist/sexist imbeciles on the internet (which are everywhere - it’s not a ‘Star Wars thing’) TLJ is getting exactly the same treatment as every other SW movie. This ‘toxic fandom’ crap is getting old. We should be able, as fans, to discuss potential plotholes and canon discrepancies without being told by some sanctimonious article that we don’t understand the nuances of this brilliant film because we’re secretly struggling with our own deeply held sexism/racism.

Must have hit a little close to the mark to get you all riled up like that.

Jokes aside (I’m assuming you were going for humour rather than hostility) this actually illustrates the problem with this kind of argumentation. The author sets up a strawman which goes something like “the detractors are actually reacting to their own inner flaws rather than the ones they’re supposedly highlighting in the film, and any defensive reaction to this claim on their part is proof of its validity”.