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Gunsmoke: The Wiving (1974)
Jaw-Droppingly Offensive
This episode certainly does not jive with modern sensibilities. Kidnapping, physical assault, bullying and forcing domestic labor on females are hardly lighthearted fare. How sad that even as recently as 1974, they were considered a source of comedy.
This is an insulting, insensitive take on the plight of women, and it does no justice to the brutal entitled behavior of the men either.
Now, in 2021, when we still have the enslavement of women all over the world, including women essentially prisoners off fundamentalists, it is sad that this episode, indicating that women welcome this kind bondage, is still on the on American television.
Shame on all who created it and those who still make it available.
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
An awful movie and an obscene disservice to Arbus' legacy
What were they thinking when they made this truly TERRIBLE film?
Arbus, one of the most important photographers and women of the Twentieth Century, had a fascinating and dramatic life. What possessed anyone to make this film, which explains her unique artistic vision, as being the result of an (imaginary) affair with a grotesque, yet charismatic hairy freak (played by Downey)?
In real life, Arbus broke out of a traditional marriage and woman's role to express herself. In this movie, Arbus is an ultra-dreary Nicole Kidman whose inspiration is all attributed to a "Beauty and The Beast" devotion to an interesting man.
For this reinvention, the film is truly shameful. Independent of that, it is also just dopey and dull.