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Why is it so important that women (of both sexes) have to be strong and all const and can't be anything besides that? Why don't you talk about motherly, nice, thoughtful or supporting women? Are those worse than "strong" women? How does the strenght of women make films better? Why is it important in the first place? What about strong male characters? I'm just genuinely curious and interestingly nobody could ever give me a good answer on any of these questions.

feminists writers ignore some fundamental thing: if women can do exactly the same as men (and better), why aren't women beating all men in all sports, and be better in all physical activities as construction, military, etc. So when we see a girl-boss in a movie, it feels more like a parody of what feminists want, and never will be.

I'm happy youtube recommended me a video from someone who doesn't have tons of subscribers! I really liked it, it was captivating, great points and I'm looking forward to watch some more. Great job, if that's of any value from someone who has made zero videos :D

I hope you will make more videos on this topic, because your analysis was really interesting and accurate (imo) and I'm so keen to see what other strong female characters you'll cover! I haven't seen either ROP or Silence of the Lambs but your video made me want to watch one of them. 😅

Now write a video essay on strong male characters.

don't end with "anyway" and don't be a culture war hack and ill watch some more

- 00:26 📉 Writers insist on making female characters strong from start to finish, which weakens the story. - 01:07 🕰️ Female characters of the past, like Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley, had varied strengths beyond physical power. - 01:46 ⚔️ Galadriel from *Rings of Power* is used as an example of a shallow "empowered" character. - 02:29 😕 The lack of character flaws makes audiences unable to relate to modern female leads. - 03:02 🎭 Male characters are allowed more depth, while female ones are confined to narrow representations of strength. - 04:23 🎬 Hollywood is uncomfortable with femininity, robbing stories of emotional depth. - 04:57 👮 Clarice Starling from *Silence of the Lambs* is highlighted as a strong, well-developed female character. - 06:29 👊 Clarice’s strength comes from intelligence, humility, and courage, not physical dominance. - 07:00 🎥 Clever use of camera angles enhances Clarice’s vulnerability in tense scenes. - 09:50 🧠 Clarice’s vulnerability and courage make her relatable and heroic, unlike shallow modern leads. - 12:22 🎨 Propaganda-driven art lacks the transformative power of good storytelling. - 12:55 ✍ Aspiring writers should create relatable, vulnerable characters with real qualities, avoiding shallow power fantasies.

I liked the women of Sons of Anarchy. Gemma, Agent Stahl, Dr Tara Knowles.

How can current movie makers not understand that viewers love a character that is flawed, fearful and can be redeemed because we see ourselves in them?

I can't believe that Rings of Power even had Galadriel steal words from Kate Blanchet's Queen Elizabeth - "There is a tempest in me ..." Huge eye-roll moment here. What were the writers thinking -- that nobody would notice that they so blatantly stole the line? . . . and then they ruined it! lol

Silence of the Lambs is an amazing movie, Clarice is an amazing character ... and Jodie Foster is one of the best actors to come along in modern times. You can't get much better than her.

Just no to this. The way Foster talks in that movie is like a insecure little nobody person. I would not have been surprised if she was killed of early. She just does not have the voice for a strong female character. Only reason she got a oscar for the part is because she is GAY.

Definitely worth more content. I'd love to see Polly (and Polly Comin Home) explored as a proper adaptation from a different cultural perspective vs one of the many crappy replacement movies they are putting out now, say a Disney movie to keep the comparison fair like Little Mermaid or the new Snow White when out, what have you. Admittedly my take on the little mermaid is funny as I loved the cartoon in many ways, but felt it violated the morals of the original story so I've never held the cartoon up as a good adaptation either, just beautiful and creative. But it was a big name, still if any other big name diversity changed movies are of interest that could be used as a healthy comparison to one of my favorite reimaginings of Pollyanna, I'd love to see it even more.

There´s no point in cloning a male character into a female character. It´s boring. Why don´t they try to find layers anymore? Ripley in Aliens was a frightened woman (she had nightmares), she was courageos, she relied on the soldiers, didn´t trust Burke. Also, she was willing to reverse his hate for androids, could flirt with Hicks, kick the monster´s ass, and become again, a mom. Come on! All that and more in one movie. Now, when there´s a female character I think the producers, acording to woke wave, tell the writers: Make her punch a lot of guys, and make the guys stupids as hell. Sorry, I speak spanish, so may be there are spelling mistakes. Thanks for the video and keep up with the good work.

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I do love Clarice. It feels good to see a serial killer who targets women get taken down by a woman for a change. I think well-written female characters are still out there, but we're more likely to find them if we look beyond the big-budget movie and TV blockbusters. Consider Evelyn from "Everything Everywhere All at Once," Sandra from "Anatomy of a Fall," Nora from "Past Lives," Billi from "The Farewell," Rose and Edith from "Wicked Little Letters," and, for the younger crowd, the title character of "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret." The girls and women listed here come across as real people rather than walking, talking tropes. Still, I think the point of the absence of a female equivalent of Sam from LOTR is well-taken, and it goes further than unwillingness to show female characters being vulnerable. Outside of comedies like "Bridesmaids" and "Girls Trip," Hollywood screenwriters don't seem keen to emphasize the importance of friendship in their female characters' lives. We don't just lack a female Sam; we lack a female Frodo-and-Sam. I would love to see more interesting and sincere depictions of female friendship in more serious genres. After all, friendship, like any strong relationship between humans, opens the characters up to vulnerability. Other great examples of female characters done right can be found in most of the work of Cartoon Saloon: "The Secret of Kells," "Song of the Sea," "The Breadwinner," and "Wolfwalkers" -- some of the best animated films of the millennium.

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Terrific video! I've been so very frustrated with the 'strong woman' characters the last few years, so poorly written and ultimately boring. Written by idiots. Sadly, young women are buying into this too often. Ugh. Another great woman character from back then is Marge Gunderson from the movie Fargo. She's not necessarily seen as 'strong' but she really is beautifully nuanced, so smart, so strong. (Frankly, any of the women characters in the various seasons of Fargo make good example too, especially the 1, 2 and 5th seasons.)

Thanks for this vid... I'm working on my first movie, and the protagonist is female. Your vid helped me soak up a little vibe on what I should be doing. I always saw her as another character and not some empty persona designed to make a social statement but this helped me dig a little deeper. I'm about to watch it again, actually. lol.

I watched this whole video because it got recommended to me without realizing this isn‘t a big production, your style of narration is really good!! I have this very elaborate theory that the downfall of female character writing started with Game of Thrones (seriously, the writers couldn‘t handle a single female in that show after they diverted from the source material)

I think one of my favourite characters is princess Carolyn from BoJack horseman.

Writers nowadays forgot that nuance is what makes characters great, whether they be woman or man or whateverelse. I've watching Shogun, and while the female are not really main protagonist, they show a lot of this as well. It's such a well written show, it almost made me forgot all the crappy writting in the last years in hollywood or gaming.

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7:40 Great point. This is as nonsensical as the "no one can give you a name" bit. Dude, that's literally how names work.... It's like they have a 100 script editors who make sure that not a single line stays in the script that makes any sense.

The people that defend this show would defend a plate of dog crap as long as they slapped the name “lord of the rings” on it.

It’s “The Wrong’s of Prime”.

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The dragons dance and our character's motivations are like dust under their feet. Is there any hope for Team Green at this point? 😬

Why is all the footage flipped?

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Great video. I love the perspective of it being like Christian rock. Consider using some soft ambient music in the background to hide the difference between your voice overs.

Good luck mate on your TH-cam Journey. CC: dynamics and pacing: building some soundscape/background music + sometimes little dynamic breaks with short clips of audio from videos shown (like you do at 6:30, but a bit more regular and more intensional). Also, a foreshadowing of the structure at the beginning to help the viewer navigate your video and also motivates to stick around. But overall a very decent first video! And good luck with all the keyboard warriors that never did anything but shit on other people's work ;) They are a plenty!

You're a bit late to the culture war party. All the other grifters have moved on to a different children's movie/TV IP as the vehicle for their asinine whining. If you think Star Wars has only recently taken a nosedive in quality, you've clearly never seen: The Holiday Special; The battle for Endor; Caravan of Courage; Droids; Ewoks; The prequel trilogy; all the shitty novelisations. There's been more bad than good Star Wars content now for decades.

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