"Licorice Pizza is a problematic movie!"
Ignoring the fact that "problematic" is an overrated and almost meaningless criticism regarding fiction, you could only really make a somewhat viable argument this movie is problematic if it was written and directed by a woman.
Imagine for a second, if the roles were switched but the movie was still written and directed by a man. The 15 year old is a girl and the 25 year old is a man. At this point, you might have some questions for Paul Thomas Anderson. Like bruh, how exactly did you come up with this story? Were you fantasizing about getting with a 15 year old girl?
That's how it would be if Licorice Pizza was written and directed by a woman. But because it's written and directed by a man, it's more of a reflection of his own thoughts about growing up as a guy, as the 15 year old is male. If you asked most men, they'd tell you at the age of 15, they were attracted to adult women.
So it's not really problematic. It having a happy ending more reflects what a lot of men wanted when they were 15. The idea of being with a 25 year old woman and it actually working out despite the difference in age.
It really says a lot that most people who call this movie problematic are women. They don't really understand the viewpoint.
janainaart
turnnoffyourmind
jbbartram-illu
andulkaphoto
tangentwithtanner
kaledo-art
discoholicmusic
