Sometimes you can tell what gender double standards still exist when you think about how certain movies would play out with reversed genders.
The Proposal is a perfect example. A verbally abusive boss bribes, blackmails, & bullies an employee into getting engaged to avoid deportation. When the boss is a woman, it makes for highly profitable romantic comedy hijinks. If the boss were a man, it would be a horrific, over-the-top Lifetime drama.
Chicago is another movie that plays very differently switching the genders around. I think it could still work but it would play as a much, much darker comedy than it already is. Amidst all of the music & glamour, it's easy to forget that the main character is a petty murderer when that murderer is a tiny waif like Renee Zelwegger. But if it were about a bunch of men who murdered their girlfriends for petty reasons then tried to parlay that infamy into a showbiz career, it would just have an extra, unseemly layer of nihilistic ick to it.
On the other hand, frankly, I'm curious to see what The Rocky Horror Picture Show would be like if you switched both Dr. Frank Furter & Rocky to women.
What are some other movies that would either be improved or turned offensive by switching the genders around?
The Proposal is a perfect example. A verbally abusive boss bribes, blackmails, & bullies an employee into getting engaged to avoid deportation. When the boss is a woman, it makes for highly profitable romantic comedy hijinks. If the boss were a man, it would be a horrific, over-the-top Lifetime drama.
Chicago is another movie that plays very differently switching the genders around. I think it could still work but it would play as a much, much darker comedy than it already is. Amidst all of the music & glamour, it's easy to forget that the main character is a petty murderer when that murderer is a tiny waif like Renee Zelwegger. But if it were about a bunch of men who murdered their girlfriends for petty reasons then tried to parlay that infamy into a showbiz career, it would just have an extra, unseemly layer of nihilistic ick to it.
On the other hand, frankly, I'm curious to see what The Rocky Horror Picture Show would be like if you switched both Dr. Frank Furter & Rocky to women.
What are some other movies that would either be improved or turned offensive by switching the genders around?
A room full of angry women...civilized?!
