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Needless cynicism

Needless cynicism
Mark Loafers Laherty
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Sunday, May 11, 2014 (8:27 a.m.) 

I refer not to Clemmensen's review, but rather to his summary of the film. I have no time for Divergent myself - it's clumsy, derivative, and relies on the main character being a Special Snowflake, JUST LIKE YOU, READER!

With that in mind, don't take me as a fanboy when I say that Clemmensen is aiming for irreverent snark and hitting misguided sexism. I couldn't count on ten pairs of hands the number of times I've seen movies for teens dismissed as "teen angst". More importantly:

"Logical fallacies abound once again, but if you're a teenage girl, who cares?"

If you don't see the misogyny there then idek what to say to you.


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Sunday, May 11, 2014 (3:48 p.m.) 

> If you don't see the misogyny there then idek what to say to you.

Have you looked at the teenage girls at the mall these days? Their fatty gut mass is 5 times the size of their brains.


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Sunday, August 10, 2014 (11:06 p.m.) 

It's more of a knock against teenagers than women.


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