#Oedipus the king sidenotes movie#

Sherman's presentation of 'all the greatest minds.' All the greatest minds just happen to be white, Euro men. Another example of a micro-aggression is illustrated through Mr. Fist bumping was popularized by a person of color (Fred Carter), and zumba was developed by a Columbian dancer (a person of color). Second, the white dog, speaking in perfect Merriam-Webster English (Webster was white), explains that he invented fist bumping and zumba. The black boy's rejection is indicative of his ignorance. A white dog decides to help humanity after he is NOT adopted by a black boy who claims the dog is 'too sarcastic.' The white dog is reading Plato, and makes a joke to the black boy. The last scene was extremely disturbing the abduction was a PG version of rape, some sort of sick 'redemption by rape' scene, and then to go on to portray her as growing to like her attacker makes the situation so many times worse.Ī perfect film to illustrate micro-aggression towards people of color. I don't think you understand consent- just because someone has agreed to something in a relationship in the past, it doesn't mean that the other person has any right to expect them to continue to agree to it or for them to agree to it again, or to force them to do it if they will not. I am very disturbed by you saying that 'she was only forced to marry the prince because she'd originally agreed to it'. Penny was a very unpleasant child, and this sent an unhelpful message that Penny's personality didn't matter in whether Sherman liked her or not. Saying 'the title characters are both male' is no excuse for the film not passing the test, because making both the title characters male was a CHOICE.

Firstly, why are both the dog and the child male? The film could have shown, rather than a stereotypical very successful businessman, a female dog who had achieved a lot and was extremely intelligent, or the child could have been an inquisitive, intelligent and kind girl.

I watched the film beginning to end in the cinema, although perhaps my vision was obscured by my pained winces. I find your comment unnecessarily antagonistic.

#Oedipus the king sidenotes movie#

Only thing good about this movie were the credits at the end - they were beautiful.ĬONCLUSION: There is something pathologically wrong with the screenwriter and director? Why didn't Dreamworks filter the script earlier? This movie should NOT BE SEEN by anybody. It was more like a ride I wouldn't want to go on again.

This movie also did not have build and the editing was too fast and lost the storytelling in the process.

What about someone like Harriet Tubman?Ħ) girl almost gets 'raped' by the rapier for the blood ceremony during Ancient Egypt because she didn't want to marry King Tut? Confusing.ħ) why does Sherman have to fall in love with the bitchy girl? Why does the screenwriter feel obligated to have the lead character win over such a nasty person? Very insecure, clearly.Īlso, how many other film references can you put in this movie before there is nothing original in it? This one contained so many 'bits' that it was pastiche. Definitely pathologically obvious mysoginistic movie and very hateful of other people who are not 'normal:' Adding these examples:ġ) all female characters are either bitches, mean, domineering, indulgent, self-absorbed or passiveĢ) the 2 fat women (Marie-Antoinette and Grunion) were very negatively portrayed and their fatness was very exaggerated and viewed as evil through gross body movements and camera anglesģ) the girl initially does the flying in DaVinci's contraption, but gives the controls to Sherman who flies and then he gets all the creditĤ) the nice boy in the wheelchair tries to add positive comments, but is too passive and gets trounced on by the girlĥ) didn't see one famous female character from the past that did anything important or valuable - all were MALE.