Last night a few friends and I had that magical unicorn experience where we were all actually free on the same night! We took ourselves off for happy hour cocktails at the Stage Door (5-6pm everyday) and to the cinemas to watch Sisters. We laughed till we cried. Mostly at how depressingly accurate the start of the party scene was. More on that later.
It got me thinking of a recent article I read on Mama Mia - "We'll watch Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do anything, except star in this movie." Aside from the fact the author obviously did watch the movie it got me thinking - just because we're smart doesn't mean we can't act stupid (to paraphrase Mud from Camp Nowhere).
It got me thinking of a recent article I read on Mama Mia - "We'll watch Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do anything, except star in this movie." Aside from the fact the author obviously did watch the movie it got me thinking - just because we're smart doesn't mean we can't act stupid (to paraphrase Mud from Camp Nowhere).
Author Laura Brodnik (check out her other, way better articles here) suggests Sisters is a generic gross-out comedy masquerading as a groundbreaking feminist romp. While the movie is far from generic, it certainly would fall into the gross-out category, but I haven't seen any advertising depicting the film as groundbreaking and/or feminist. That is a label put on the film by others who expect Tina and Amy (yes, we're on a first name basis ;) to relentlessly further the plight of woman everywhere to the detriment to any other aspect of their personalities.
I personally breathed a sigh of relief because of this movie. I'm a strong, independent, (somewhat) intelligent woman, and sometimes I like to be completely silly and gross (note to Shane Warne - almost all of us talk about farts and MUCH worse). So while the film was never promoted as feminist I argue that it is, in the sense it validates another aspect of being a woman and encourages us to let our freak flag fly!
Grab your girl crew, see this move, then buy it on DVD and learn the dance scene with me!
Have you seen Sisters? Comment below.
I personally breathed a sigh of relief because of this movie. I'm a strong, independent, (somewhat) intelligent woman, and sometimes I like to be completely silly and gross (note to Shane Warne - almost all of us talk about farts and MUCH worse). So while the film was never promoted as feminist I argue that it is, in the sense it validates another aspect of being a woman and encourages us to let our freak flag fly!
Grab your girl crew, see this move, then buy it on DVD and learn the dance scene with me!
Have you seen Sisters? Comment below.