Why Anora is the Disney Princess We Need (early access)
Added 2024-12-30 18:43:49 +0000 UTCHi guys I'm so sorry - this was a tight turnaround! but please enjoy this early access cut of my take on Anora :) lmk what you think!
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Carla
2025-07-30 20:17:08 +0000 UTCI think Ani wanted to provoke Igor with her comment about "rape eyes" and she wouldn't have said those things if she actually feared him or if he had behaved that way when they first met. I also didn't think what Ani said in the house was flirty. I just felt like she finally let her guard down and Igor was the only one who treated her with basic compassion. Even when they were having sex, the thing he did that completely undid her was so normal. Holding and kissing. We don't see Vanya kiss her during sex?
Domenica K
2025-01-11 18:17:57 +0000 UTCAs usual I really appreciate and admire the research and ideas outlined in your videos. I’m wondering if anyone has any perspectives of the use of the word rape in the film? When Ani screams rape I felt like it was played as a kinda screwbally humorous bit that confused me tonally also the extended dialogue about Igor having “rape eyes” and the concept of a white knight in general is not my favorite- I know that it’s possible to find genuine kinship it unlikely or inconvenient people and maybe that exchange before they leave Vanya’s house was flirty and I’m a square but I’m wondering if anyone else can see the merits of the film and still be bummed out by the implications of those moments?
Claire
2025-01-04 01:44:27 +0000 UTCTo be honest, I didn't intend on watching this movie before seeing your video. After though? You made it more appealing to the point that I'll seek it out soon. Analysis was exquisite.
Lootpack Jack
2025-01-01 20:24:07 +0000 UTCSuch a nourishing watch. I feel like i've become a Sean Baker apologist since Anora came out (I don't think there's anything to apologize for). I've heard people question why a white man always focuses on underrepresented people with less privilege than him, and it's really made me think on this idea of identities playing a huge role in the art someone makes. I've read the theory on lenses and gazes, but why has it become this blanket thing? that if a person with whatever combination of privilege isn't from somesuch background or grew up somesuch identity, then their art is inherently + immediately a type of exploitation?
Mega
2024-12-31 06:24:13 +0000 UTCThis was such an excellent essay, I can't wait to send it to all my friends who saw Anora. I really appreciate you highlighting the contradictions in Ani's character and desires, particularly in the final scene, and articulating that her pursuing the dream of ascending the class ladder by marrying Vanya is the same longing for "the good life" that anyone who's worked at a difficult or dead end job has ever experienced as opposed to an indication that she or the audience should view sex work as uniquely shameful. Great work as always!
blusocket
2024-12-30 19:38:50 +0000 UTC
