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Mlotek: If the person on set who has structurally the most
power in every sense of the word in that he is the director of
the film, what he says goes, and also he is, like,
a white, straight man who has established himself
as a moneymaker in an extremely
powerful industry, and so he is just
going to force a woman to do what he wants to do
whether she likes it or not, that is misogyny
replicating itself
power in every sense of the word in that he is the director of
the film, what he says goes, and also he is, like,
a white, straight man who has established himself
as a moneymaker in an extremely
powerful industry, and so he is just
going to force a woman to do what he wants to do
whether she likes it or not, that is misogyny
replicating itself
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Mlotek: If the person on set
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who has structurally the most
power in every sense of the word
00:00:08.133 --> 00:00:10.545
in that he is the director of
the film, what he says goes,
00:00:10.593 --> 00:00:13.013
and also he is, like,
a white, straight man
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who has established himself
as a moneymaker
00:00:15.265 --> 00:00:17.972
in an extremely
powerful industry,
00:00:18.999 --> 00:00:20.508
and so he is just
going to force a woman
00:00:20.562 --> 00:00:23.144
to do what he wants to do
whether she likes it or not,
00:00:23.189 --> 00:00:26.431
that is misogyny
replicating itself.
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Movie Summary
Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.
