Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video]
It&#x27;s not a coincidence that all the main characters featured in this video are women. The main thing the filmmakers are trying to show is that these are girl-bosses who can do anything men can do (and more) and it&#x27;s so important to show that with utter, relentless completeness, that they&#x27;ve created characters that are magical, who don&#x27;t need to overcome anything, characters who matter mostly as individuals, who have no duties or responsibilities to anyone else (most certainly not to any men). They&#x27;re just total kick-ass take-no-prisoners empowered women.<p>That&#x27;s why these characters are good at everything from the start. It&#x27;s why they never struggle. The overriding point that&#x27;s trying to be conveyed in every scene is that these women <i>kick ass</i>. That&#x27;s why the modern Mulan can&#x27;t be shown as weak and later overcoming her physical weaknesses in other ways. No, she cannot be weak -- full stop. If she encounters a much larger man, then she has to <i>kick his ass.</i><p>Addendum that shouldn&#x27;t be required, but of course it is: I want to make it totally clear here that <i>of course</i> women leads can be interesting and dynamic and multi-dimensional. If you think I&#x27;m saying otherwise, then please don&#x27;t even bother engaging, because you will have totally missed my point, which is that this particular approach to featuring women is ham-fisted and risible and probably counterproductive, in the end.