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Seth Rogen Is Not A Victim Of The Santa Barbara Killings [View all]
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(Seth tweeted: "how dare you imply that me getting girls in movies caused a lunatic to go on a rampage."
For the love of Judd Apatow movies, GIRLS ARE NOT A THING YOU GET. They’re not a goody bag at the end of the frat party. It honestly feels like Rogen could not miss the point more if he were participating in some kind of point-missing contest.
To quote Hornaday: “For generations, mass entertainment has been overwhelmingly controlled by white men, whose escapist fantasies so often revolve around vigilantism and sexual wish-fulfillment (often, if not always, featuring a steady through-line of casual misogyny).”
This is the point at the heart of the op-ed that really matters. Neighbors is just referenced as the latest in a long, long line of movies in which men are granted what they desire, always and without question, even if what they desire is not a what, but a who.
Rogen is offended, as any reasonable person probably would be at the suggestion that something they did could possibly have contributed to an act of grisly violence. But this is not the first time someone has linked pop culture to crime, and there’s plenty of precedent for a better way to handle the situation.
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Rogen is basically Not All Men-ing Hornaday. Why not take this as an opportunity to use the huge platform that is Rogen’s Twitter account (he has over 2 million followers) and start a thoughtful constructive dialogue? ...
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/05/27/3441705/seth-rogen-neighbors-yes-all-women/
(Seth tweeted: "how dare you imply that me getting girls in movies caused a lunatic to go on a rampage."
For the love of Judd Apatow movies, GIRLS ARE NOT A THING YOU GET. They’re not a goody bag at the end of the frat party. It honestly feels like Rogen could not miss the point more if he were participating in some kind of point-missing contest.
To quote Hornaday: “For generations, mass entertainment has been overwhelmingly controlled by white men, whose escapist fantasies so often revolve around vigilantism and sexual wish-fulfillment (often, if not always, featuring a steady through-line of casual misogyny).”
This is the point at the heart of the op-ed that really matters. Neighbors is just referenced as the latest in a long, long line of movies in which men are granted what they desire, always and without question, even if what they desire is not a what, but a who.
Rogen is offended, as any reasonable person probably would be at the suggestion that something they did could possibly have contributed to an act of grisly violence. But this is not the first time someone has linked pop culture to crime, and there’s plenty of precedent for a better way to handle the situation.
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Rogen is basically Not All Men-ing Hornaday. Why not take this as an opportunity to use the huge platform that is Rogen’s Twitter account (he has over 2 million followers) and start a thoughtful constructive dialogue? ...
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/05/27/3441705/seth-rogen-neighbors-yes-all-women/
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