#546 - Baggage Claim - Modern Cinema Treats Women Like Idiots

<p>Baggage Claim is a YouTuber and movie critic.</p> <p>There have been a lot of female leads in TV and cinema over the last few years. She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Dr Strange 2 and The Rings Of Power all showed women leading the charge, but just how aspirational and admirable are these role models for the women that watch them? Is it treating them like mature humans or patronising them like fragile idiots?</p> <p>Expect to learn how cultural narcissism has taken hold of Hollywood, why perfect female characters teach women nothing about how to be a good person, why Hollywood relies on performative empathy to feel good, the problem with She-Hulk's dating life, why no one is going to be guilted into watching anything, the lessons to learn from Bros romcom failure and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at <a href= "http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at <a href="https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom</span></a> (use code: MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at <a href="https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Subscribe to Baggage Claim on YouTube - <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/BaggageClaim">https://www.youtube.com/c/BaggageClaim</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/books/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Get my free Readin