Malignant (Wan 2021)

Marshall Smith, PhD, and Laura Patterson, PhD, offer a sociological discussion of the 2021 film Malignant. Part of our mini-series on the films of James Wan. Wan's films are typically masterfully constructed while this feels sloppy and disjointed. His conservative ideology still shines through in this film especially with regard to women.

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Malignant (Wan 2021)

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Malignant (Wan 2021)

TOPIC INDEX – Malignant  (Wan 2021) (times are approximate) 

0:30 – Introductions

4:15 – Movie discussion begins

5:00 – overall takes – NO SPOILERS

6:00 – Laura’s over it with Wan

11:00 – establishing cohesion and continuity in film

14:20 – SPOILERS begin

15:00 – wealth inequality and horror incredulity

21:30 – story recap

26:30 – positive aspects of the film

32:00 – gender representation

44:00 – women as reproductive vessels in the Wan-iverse

52:00 – considering counter arguments

55:00 – abusive relationships

1:04:00 – privilege

1:05:30 – carnivalesque vs classical bodies

1:13:30 – creature

1:15:30 – objectifying vs humanizing

1:17:00 – filmmaking and plot movement

1:23:10 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility

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