So I really had no idea how long it had been since I last updated this baby until my sister left me a kindly reminder comment saying, and I quote: “Post something new! It's about time, no?” So I’m posting something new. I can’t think of much to say since I really haven’t had any reason for complaints lately. Not to say that I should ever have any reasons for complaints because I mean we should all be thankful and all that jazz, but yeah.
So as I said, I really don’t know what to say, so I’m going to step back a moment and mentally brainstorm some topics for a bit. If you’ll excuse me….
…Alright got one. At least a general idea: movies. Something that has always bothered me is the term chick-flick For some reason I’m thinking I might have mentioned this before here, cause I know it’s something I’ve been meaning to write about. But anywho. Chick-flick. Who the hell came up with such a horrible term? I have problems with this phrase on two levels. First off, I cannot stand the use of chick as a substitute for any of the following: girl, woman, female, she, her, gal, lady, miss, doll, missy, man’s opposite sex, man’s better half, wife, fiancée, girlfriend, and any other words I might have missed that are better than chick. For me personally, chicks have always been and will always remain to be the offspring of a hen and a rooster. Thusly, the only time you will ever hear me speak of chicks is when I recount to you the very sad tale of how my 3 pet chicks died in China. sigh.
Then there’s the compounded term in its entirety. Allow me to illustrate how it might be used in an overly generalized day-to-day scene:
Secure Man: Hey man, you ever see that movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days?
Stereotyped Man: What? Hells no. that’s a stupid chick flick! I wanna see bombs and #@!% blowing up!
But there are problems with that statement. Chick-flick is not a genre. No matter how much people want it to be, it’s not. It is simply an overused label which I believe was first given by irrationally insecure males who feared the ridicule their fellow hunter/gatherers could possibly attack them with for the enjoyment of a story regretfully believed to be only accessible to womankind. This is then further promoted by the monster known as the media; expanding its use to immeasurable degrees. Such is the sad sad state of the world we live in. Where people who claim to love all movies shut down and refuse movies simply upon hearing that it is a “chick-flick”. Like that’s a bad thing. A good movie is a good movie. That’s the motto I live my life by. There’s nothing else to it. Unfortunately, society has reached a point where it is a most heinous crime for a male of our species to externalize any emotion not directly related to anger, arrogance, or violence.
I had stepped away from what I was writing for several hours. I have no idea where I was going with all this, so I’m just gonna call it a night and post this as it is. Love is all you need.
...I take no pleasure in taking life if it's from a person who doesn't care about it
8 comments:
I also dislike that term. Your entry sounded awfully similar to Tweedle-Dum's entry. *hint* Anywho, did you know that the term "chick flick" has been added to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary?
what?! are you serious? pshh. more like Merriam-Webster's Poopegiate Dictionary. Take that you dictionary pundits!
yes, I'm dead serious. Look it up.
moonib-
what a great entry. i couldn't agree more. it's so funny how men are not allowed/expected to experience the full range of HUMAN experience and emotions in so many ways- movies being just one example.
I actually don't mind "chick flick" as a term... But I do ask that you never use the word "thusly" again. As a personal favor. Thank you very much.
Hey munib, thanks for settling the whole chick-flick deal. yeah i personally don't like being called the offspring of a hen...
"Chick Flick"- to touch or hit with a light blow a young chicken. (Maryam-Webster Dictionary)
Munib is a woman, Munib is a woman. Munib is a woman. You see this is an old blog so i'm not sure if this will be read, thusly, i feel freee to say what i want. In my opinion how to lose a guy in ten days was not a chick flick. There are subtle differences often between what a chick flick is and is not. The best definition i can think of is a movie that inherently appeals to, and is marketed to a female audience. An adendum to that definition would be a film that is too girly for me to enjoy, for example, The Bridges of Madison County, or waiting to exhale, or titanic, or never been kissed. Or for God's sakes Bridget Jones Diary. Or movies I watch, and enjoy mostly but am slightly discomfitted by large portions of the melodrama, (and irationality). Man i probably shouldn't have said that last part.
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