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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:03:05 +0000

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By: The Unmanned Mr. Fox — Number 61

The Unmanned Mr. Fox — Number 61 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:29:27 +0000

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By: Gab

Gab — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:51:12 +0000

Leave it to the token female to read gender and anti-feminine themes in a kids’ movie! Huzzah!!! ;p

I *thought* the Fantastic Mr. Fox tail around my friend’s daughter looked awkward. Wait until I tell them where it’s supposed to go and why. Muahaha…

I read the book when I was in second-ish grade (hence my not quite understanding why the tail on the waist didn’t seem right). I don’t remember specific moments from the book (except the illustration of Mr. Fox with the huge “X” on his posterior), but I remember having the feeling that Mr. Fox wasn’t all that fantastic in the end, and actually somewhat pathetic. I have half a mind to check the book out from the library at the school I work at before seeing the movie.

@Lee: While that Robert guy sounds like a rather unhappy individual in general, his comment about _Life Aquatic_ is particularly sexist. I mean, why does the capability to skin an animal have to be “macho”? Why *shouldn’t* a person- ANY person, male or female- be able to crochet AND hunt? And if I was REALLY feeling ambitious, I’d have to remind him that Native American women in myriad tribes were responsible for cleaning and preparing the animals brought back by the hunting parties, AND they worked the looms and did beadwork and such. Ahem, ahem. (Not that I expect you to answer for him- I just couldn’t help but think it when I read the bit you quoted and felt more justified after reading the rest of his piece.)

By: lee

lee — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:29:03 +0000

I feel like there’s a lot to be said about emasculation in Wes Anderson’s body (pun intended) of work. Viceland.com had this to say about “Life Aquatic” and its inclusion in the Criterion Collection:

“Wes Anderson doesn’t make movies anymore. He creates overly precious paintings inhabited by emasculated man-children who knit sweater vests to the accompaniment of Belle & Sebastian while fantasizing that they’re macho enough to skin a caribou with a pocketknife. The set pieces to The Life Aquatic are stunning, but watching this film is like visiting the Natural History Museum. It’s a beautiful building, but most of its pleasures are filled with lifeless things.”

http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2009/10/29/criterions-little-fuck-ups/

Dissssss.

Also, I haven’t seen “Royal Tenenbaums” in a while, but I’m pretty sure that most if not all of the male characters in that film are overcompensating in one way or another.