The Feminist Fatale

Episode 128 -

Nobody likes being told a lie.  That is, unless you agree up front to go along with the lie.  But what if you've gone along with the lies so long, you're not so sure you know what’s true anymore?  Maybe what's real is only a matter of what you're willing to go along with.  Enter five foot-five, one-hundred- and fifteen-pound girl-boss action heroes.  Enter Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson.  Enter the Feminist Fatale.

Chad classes up as a cruiserweight and takes his first official swing at feminism's fatal flaws, while his possibly-welter, but probably-super lightweight, co-host Ben Neff, loves to tap in.  The two ring a bell that most likely cannot be un-rung by calling out the emperor's fantastically feminist clothes.  Is it misogynistic to feel a little too faked-out when yet another pretty, petite female actress wins in a fist fight with a man more than twice her size?  Ought not women be offended when the only way for today's female movie characters to be heroic is by acting like men?  How might a seemingly harmless feminist idea actually turn out to be fatal? 

SHOW NOTES:

Chad's resource market research:   Strong Women: 15 Action Movies Starring Badass Women (screenrant.com)

Andrew Klavan episode referenced: Hello, Lady Ballers (youtube.com)

Brett Cooper's episode referenced:  The "Girl Bosses" Are Waking Up (youtube.com)