NICOLE KIDMAN as SATINE

You have to eat something. I'll make you whatever you'd like. Just tell me what you want, and I'll make it. Whatever you want.

Emma Stone directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Poor Things (2023)

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

subverts gender power dynamics in a way that seems to intentionally make men uncomfortable- the ‘fixing’ scene?? Jaw dropped.

Asks the question of “can a character be the protagonist AND the antagonist?” (answer: if the audience is watching for the plot/rooting for Linda, she is the protagonist. If they switch sides and root for Bradley, she becomes the antagonist. Her role depends on the neutrality of the fourth wall.)

Purposely withholds scenes from the audience to make us a reflection (a product?) of Linda’s denial/gaslighting. We are not just observers but active participants in the psychological thriller

Bradley’s arc was typical of stranded-on-an-island characters: learning skills to survive. Linda’s arc was the opposite because she came to terms with killing (innocents). Bradley wanted to leave, Linda wanted to stay. Both would do anything to achieve their own goal. Their parallels are natural enemies, which both foreshadows and precipitates the final confrontation.

The progression of Bradley, from being 1) the obvious villain (obnoxious useless privileged bully) to 2) the dude who Does Things in Reaction to his Situation to 3) oh shoot, the victim?

The competence of Linda was soo satisfying, coming from someone who watched Scream 7 recently

Bury your nepo babies

Everything comes back to golf

When was the last time a woman did something truly twisted and still got to live happily ever after? [good for her] Memorable moments:

Linda, covered in rat’s blood, smiling at a paralyzed, petrified man: “My kindness does not make me weak”