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The Red Pill (2016)
Refreshing and entertaining, unfortunate approach
As entertainment this film does provide a refreshing perspective in an otherwise neglected area, not often portrayed objectively in the modern media landscape. It also scratches the surface of what could maybe be a more interesting topic, that of biased and twisted news reporting – something that is a genuine problem, considering a cloak and dagger crook like Trump somehow made to office...
As a documentary, it's unfortunate that the narrative, as is common practice in gender issues it seems, takes on a comparative form of self reflection. Serious issues regarding men and male perspectives fall a bit flat and will fail to convince because of the narrative being comparing MRA to feminism, men vs. women – a narrative that only fuels the blame game, oppressed or oppressor, and widens the wedge between sexes rather than just focusing on mens' issues as legitimate problems without victimizing or faulting.