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Monday, March 13, 2023
Magic Mike's Last Dance proves men are not up to the task of presenting the female gaze
theconversation.com: The third and final instalment of the Magic Mike series is still drawing enthusiastic audiences in UK cinemas. Inspired by Channing Tatum’s real-life Magic Mike Live stage show, the conclusion to Steven Soderbergh’s trilogy operates as a backstage musical.
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Carly Tamborello
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I don’t think it’s impossible for men to represent the female gaze simply because they’re men, but I do think that it requires a greater level of nuance than simply flipping the script and showing closeups on scantily clad men rather than women, and a lot of male directors or writers aren’t willing to put in that work. The female gaze is more complicated; I’ve seen video trends where people will switch back and forth between presenting themselves between a persona that appeals to men and a persona that appeals to women. These trends seem to imply that women want to see more personality, emotion, humility, humor, and kindness, rather than just an attractive physique. These elements and complexities are often missing from male-driven pieces, because Hollywood has been geared towards men for a long time, and ratings among men indicate that they don’t care about those things as much at the box office (obviously this is a generalization, but it’s still true as a pattern).
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I don’t think it’s impossible for men to represent the female gaze simply because they’re men, but I do think that it requires a greater level of nuance than simply flipping the script and showing closeups on scantily clad men rather than women, and a lot of male directors or writers aren’t willing to put in that work. The female gaze is more complicated; I’ve seen video trends where people will switch back and forth between presenting themselves between a persona that appeals to men and a persona that appeals to women. These trends seem to imply that women want to see more personality, emotion, humility, humor, and kindness, rather than just an attractive physique. These elements and complexities are often missing from male-driven pieces, because Hollywood has been geared towards men for a long time, and ratings among men indicate that they don’t care about those things as much at the box office (obviously this is a generalization, but it’s still true as a pattern).
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