A university student lives life without fear of consequences.
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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
CONTINUATION OF REMARKS ON "THE LIFE"
November 12, 2024
THE FILM TAKES AN EVEN DARKER TONE WHEN ONE OF THE FRATERNITIES' BROTHERS OWN KIND- A WHITE, STRAIGHT, CISGENDERED MALE- MAKES REMARKS THAT THEY FIND DISRESPECTUL. I REALIZE THAT THE TERM "TOXIC MASCULINITY" HAS PROBABLY BEEN OVERUSED, BUT WHAT FOLOOWS AFTER HIS REMARKS DOES SHOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN MASCULNITY DOES BECOME TOO TOXIC, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE SPOILED RICH KID MITCH OR THE USUALLY AMIABLE MAIN CHARACTER PLAYED BY ALEX WOLF. I CERTAINLY FELT BAD FOR HIS CHARACTER WHEN HALLE BAILEY'S CHARACTER REACTED TO HIS AWKWARD ATTEMPT AT ASKING HER OUT ONM A DATE BY TELLING HIM TO GO 'EFF' HIMSELF. (THERE MUST BE A LOT BETTER WAYS TO TURN SOMEONE DOWN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT WITH THEM!). I ALSO WISH THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE PROFESSOR HAD BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO GIVE A BETTER ANSWER TO MS. BAILEY'S CHARACTER'S QUESTION ABOUT WHY HE CHOSE THE BOOKS IN HIS CLASS' CURRICULUM. ALL WE HEAR HIM SAY IN RESPONSE IS "I WONDER WHERE THAT QUESTION IS COMING FROM," AND THE ONLY BOOK THAT WE HEAR HIM DISCUSS IN THE CLASS IS DOSTOYEVSKY'S "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV." I REALIZE THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE ROOM FOR CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN NOVELISTS LIKE TONI MORRISON, GLORIA NAYLOR, & JACQUELINE WOODSON. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD TO MAKE ROOM FOR DEAD WHITE MALE AUTHORS LIKE DOSTOYEVSKY & LEO TOLSTOY. IN FACT, I ONCE HEARD THE LATE, GREAT MS. MORRISON SAY THAT TOLSTOY WAS AN INFLUENCE ON HER WHEN SHE WAS BEING INTERVIEWED AT THE 92ND ST Y.
JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
DARK & DISTURBING LOOK AT FRATERNITY LIFE
November 12, 2024
THE ENTIRE FRATERNITY LIFE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE A FOREIGN WORLD TO ME (WHICH MAY BE BECAUSE I WENT TO A UNIVERSITY THAT DIDN'T HAVE FRATERNITIES). BUT DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER ETHAN BERGER HAS CERTAINLY PROVIDED US WITH A FASCINATING LOOK AT THE DARK SIDE OF THAT LIFE- ONE THAT IS FRAUGHT WITH RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, & MISOGYNY (THE LATTER IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT NOW SINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST REELECTED A PRESIDENT WHO ONCE TRIED TO DISMISS HIS MISOGYNIST REMARKS AS "LOCKER ROOM TALK.").