Post by bpp on Jan 2, 2015 11:17:42 GMT -5
Hi Bob, always great to read your considerations. My Manara comment was in support of Babs Tar in view of her work being criticised for nudity and it's cheesecake element. You do recall correctly what was said at the time on the podcast which was a pretty fair take on the situation although I'd say most superhero comics suffer the same 'boobsock' phenomenon so I was most mystified why Manara was called out. A survey of Superhero comics that month would, I feel confident to say, show just as much 'latex outfit / improbable body positions' going on.
As for Bitch Planet, I'll have to disagree that the younger woman is given any sympathy or poignancy. She's strictly compliant, as is her husband. I'll also have to disagree on the violence perpetuated by the State (so far undefined beyond a sinister name and a penitentiary) on all the actors - Mr Collins and all two wives are all living under the fear of the state and dependency. We just happen to see one of the women 'at the end' of her journey. There is no given that either of the other two will have any better fate. The insight of feminism isn't Women v Men, its identifying the power matrices that bind and compel all and the gender structured nature of many of those. The final thing we'll have to disagree on, albeit neither of us will really know who is right for a while, is that the love triangle will be revisited. I'd say that the 'seeding' for future threads will be the female voice artist from the pre-credits and, maybe, the excellent toadish company man.
As I said in the Image forum area - I liked BP, it was a solid B- for me. I just found that trying to put a veneer of thrid-wave feminism onto it is very problematic and, for me, failed. The actual REAL problem I have with the issue is that the future central character takes out three guards in one move... that form of super-ability seemed somewhat unrealistic in comparison to the rest of the tone and, well, a bit 'superhero'.
As for Bitch Planet, I'll have to disagree that the younger woman is given any sympathy or poignancy. She's strictly compliant, as is her husband. I'll also have to disagree on the violence perpetuated by the State (so far undefined beyond a sinister name and a penitentiary) on all the actors - Mr Collins and all two wives are all living under the fear of the state and dependency. We just happen to see one of the women 'at the end' of her journey. There is no given that either of the other two will have any better fate. The insight of feminism isn't Women v Men, its identifying the power matrices that bind and compel all and the gender structured nature of many of those. The final thing we'll have to disagree on, albeit neither of us will really know who is right for a while, is that the love triangle will be revisited. I'd say that the 'seeding' for future threads will be the female voice artist from the pre-credits and, maybe, the excellent toadish company man.
As I said in the Image forum area - I liked BP, it was a solid B- for me. I just found that trying to put a veneer of thrid-wave feminism onto it is very problematic and, for me, failed. The actual REAL problem I have with the issue is that the future central character takes out three guards in one move... that form of super-ability seemed somewhat unrealistic in comparison to the rest of the tone and, well, a bit 'superhero'.