#criterion

If you'll allow me the confirmation bias, it's not difficult to believe that this is the movie that Emma Stone claims made her want to be an actress. It's very spiritually similar to Poor Things. I can't explain why they're both comforting to me without sounding victim blamey, which maybe is an internalized misogyny thing. But I like the way I'm never afraid for the girls' safety. Yeah the men are creepy, but they'll be ok. They'll just roll their eyes and move on. It's wish fulfillment, maybe. A world with lots of dancing and slapstick where nothing bad will ever happen to me because I diva too hard and my face comedy is too funny.

So yeah. Kind of that for Poor Things also. Slay hard, dance a lot, fuck the haterz. Fall down but make it funny. Wear insane eyeliner and the most random ass haircut. You'll be fine.

Which, I understand to be mean. What about the slayless girls with average hair? Idk. But it's nice to imagine a world where we are all funny, slayful girls with weird hair.

“And every time I saw it, I sort of changed my mind depending on who I was. But that's art, right? Depending on who you are when you're experiencing it, you have a different experience.”

“All right, Pasolini, a queer icon, an intellectual icon, a Marxist icon in Italy.”