I hated "Bridesmaids" because I felt it was misogynistic.
Yes, it’s written by two women, Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo. Does this protect it from claims of misogyny? I don’t think so. Or that, comedian Melissa Mc Carthy, not a man, which could have been the circumstances in "The Hangover," was made famous for defecating in a sink?
Perhaps "Bridesmaids" won Best Comedy at the Critics Choice Awards because, as Ricky Gervais said to the Golden Globes audience, “Defecating in a sink was less demeaning then what most of you have done to make it in show business.”
But I don’t think so. Rather I believe there is a backlash of pent-up anger in women for their powerlessness and lack of equality and writing a film like this is an attempt to level the playing field, to let out all that rage women have for being told a woman can’t do this or that.
As actress Emily Blunt, a presenter, said, “'Bridesmaids' proved that women, too, can poop their pants." But how is this funny? The audience did not laugh.
Are we stooping to an infantile sense of humor to be treated as equals ? Diaper stage. To mock women defecating is crude, demeaning and not achieving equality ... only ridicule. Women are belittled, laughed at, not with.
Yes, we can all defecate so why not have both men and women do it on screen? Is this the reasoning behind the crude humor? This was a good, funny women’s film without that scene. It ruined the film for my girlfriend and me. We almost walked out after it.
What has happened to respect for women? Women’s respect for women?
Ricky Gervais said in his opening monologue,”It’s been a big year for women in film. 'Bridesmaids' was one of my favorite comedies of the year. The girls finally proved they can be as raunchy as men. Farting, burping, cursing, performing wild sex acts, even pooping in the sink.”
Since when are fart jokes funny on women? I am far from a prude having written a novel about a female flasher.
Let 'The Hangover' boys make macho fools of themselves, but I hate to see ”the ladies” lower ourselves and try to compete with the crudeness of testosterone. Which is what I see 'Bridesmaids' trying to do.
We have better things to do.
