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** I think the showgirl thing was less "he learned it's okay to treat women badly" and more "he grew up around a very specific subset of women that either liked being treated that way or acted like they liked being treated that way". And because he's handsome and rich, apparently the women he dated never corrected him about that, so it's kind of hard to blame him for not fixing his behavior when he didn't actually know there was a problem.
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*** Why are people looking for a scientific explanation in what's basically magic. It's like LiarLiar. Why does the kid's wish come true? Who cares. The wish comes true so that the movie can exist.
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** How on earth does being a dancer who really enjoys her job equate to being an object? Or exploited?
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** How on earth does being a dancer who really enjoys her job equate to being an object? Or exploited?
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* Since Nick had Erin's address written down on a piece of paper, why didn't he just call 911 and tell them where to find her?
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*** Um, how are bras, nylon stockings and wax "stereotypically female products"? Cross-dressers notwithstanding, not a whole lot of men use those products.
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** I got the impression that reason his power was "specific" toward women was because he is a sexist womanizer, and hearing their thoughts taught him to understand women as people and not objects. Note he's much less of a sexist womanizer by the end of the film. Higher Powers were sort of implied, after all.
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*** That you're perplexed by ''that'' in a movie where a man gets magic mind reading powers from an accident that should have killed him seems rather arbitrary.
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* TheNostalgiaChick points out in her recent review that the Vegas Show Girl Mom explanation for his sexism actually raises up far more questions than it answers. Since he'd been able to see the reality of the women's lives and feelings backstage instead of just the glitz and glamor onstage, wouldn't that have potentially made him ''more'' understanding and sympathetic towards women? We're never given the reason why he saw the stage image and surface persona as the definitive reality.
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*** Except, this only works if one accepts the film's dubious thesis that off-stage show girls act the exact same way they do onstage, and that he managed to grow up never realizing the difference between performing in a show and being something in reality. It's a ''lot'' of disbelief to suspend, and we haven't even reached the magical stuff yet.
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** Uh, no. What he learned from his Vegas Show Girl Mom was that women can be exploited by men without any consequence for the men. In fact since many if not all the showgirls seemed to really enjoy their jobs, he probably also became convinced that most women ''like'' to be sex objects for men.
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* [[AWizardDidIt CAPTAIN MARVEL DID IT WITH HIS MAGICAL LIGHTNING BOLT.]] [[MST3KMantra QUIT PICKING.]]
* Its the premise of the movie. If you don't want a movie where the male protagonist can read womens thoughts, then don't watch this movie. WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. But what's happening following this premise is just stereotypical hollywood trite, especially when contrasted by what could have been.
* Its the premise of the movie. If you don't want a movie where the male protagonist can read womens thoughts, then don't watch this movie. WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. But what's happening following this premise is just stereotypical hollywood trite, especially when contrasted by what could have been.
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** Its the premise of the movie. If you don't want a movie where the male protagonist can read womens thoughts, then don't watch this movie. WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. But what's happening following this premise is just stereotypical hollywood trite, especially when contrasted by what could have been.
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***** You're trying to apply science to ''What Women Want''. Don't you see a problem here?
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* TheNostalgiaChick points out in her recent review that the Vegas Show Girl Mom explanation for his sexism actually raises up far more questions than it answers. Since he'd been able to see the reality of the women's lives and feelings backstage instead of just the glitz and glamor onstage, wouldn't that have potentially made him ''more'' understanding and sympathetic towards women? We're never given the reason why he saw the stage and surface as the definitive reality.
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** While still quite unnaturally dramatic, perhaps it wasn't her reaction to looking at a guy's crotch (and being embarassed) but looking at HIS crotch (and being shocked at herself): This man she'd heard to be a shovanist pig whom she assumed and swore she would have no feelings for, and a business partner/rival at that. Instead of "Oh no! I looked at a man's bits!" and covering her face in hopes he wouldn't noticem, it may be more her "What the HELL am I doing" and tearing her vision away so as to shock herself back into reality, with consideration to dignity and subtlety being an afterthought. Though exact context or wording might prove otherwise, as it has been a while.
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***** I don't understand what is the problem. It is clearly shown in the film that this particular individual was trying real hard to understand what women feel towards specific female products. With his mind set he became drunk and electrocuted. BAM - he can hear female thoughts. Maybe if he was doing the same for kids products, he would hear thoughts of only young people and animals, no matter what their sex was. It is not a documentary on brain functions last time i checked.
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**** How exactly would a frigging chromosome affect -- You know what, I'm not even going to bother anymore...
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** Wouldn't this be a problem every media involving a telepath would have to address ever then?
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*** Maybe it has to do with the Y-chromosome. Having it blocks the magic mind reading. Or, men just aren't broadcasting anything due to lack of any real thought. Is that sexist enough back?
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* Given that most people have more than enough problems communicate VERBALLY w/ another person,why is telepathy shown as being more...efficient? Would have Mel had as hard a time (or harder) understanding thoughts as he might speak? Or even harder because most of the thoughts might not be accompanied w/ non-verbal clues (facial expression,body language,etc)?
