[Game of Thrones] Should I Even Bother?
May. 29th, 2011 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaThe world of "Game of Thrones" is a world in which incest is depicted for all and sundry to see, gay male sex is hinted at by homoerotic procedures, fade out and sexual harassment, gay female sex is for "practice" until the "real" sex is there to be had.
Oh, and if a woman isn't a whore or a wife, she's a girl who is going to be either a wife or a rape victim.
Or, if you're a sad Night Watcher, who has the misfortune of being a virgin (*gasp*) girls are there to be looked at, admired from afar, like the ornaments they are (unless they're whores of course).
And lest we forget the whole casual domestic violence (as we saw in S1E6 "A Golden Crown" - no woman, no matter how much of a bitch and Cersei is a HBIC, deserves to be hit by her spouse.
"Unkingly"? Try subhuman, King Robert, you asshole.
Did I miss something?
I was told by more than one person that I'll hate the 7th episode because it had a Lesbian sex scene that, 'lo! Wasn't actually a Lesbian sex scene. It was good ole' heterosexual male fantasy girl-on-girl performance.
"You be the man"? Seriously?!
This is an HBO production? Is this something to be expected from the books? If so, in what way is this innovative? In what way am I supposed to be impressed? By the scope and epic proportions? By the intrigue?
I'm afraid I'm no longer able to watch a show that depicts strict gender and sexuality norms without them being at the very least subverted in some way, at the very least sub-textually.
But this. This is not the kind of Fantasy I consider original. Perpetuating these gender and sexuality stereotypes is not something I expected from a current HBO production. Is this supposed to be realistic?
Am I supposed to be entertained while women are paraded around as whores and lunatics and expected to identify with them?
How can you identify with an Object and if not an object then an Abject - forgive me, but the taboo of incest (Woot, Viserys is dead, because we didn't see that one coming) is not an easy one to confront and the fact that it is depicted and more acceptable than same sex relationships (because god knows we didn't get an eyefull of Cersei and Jaime as opposed to Renley and Loras and let us not mention the whole Rose and the unamed prostitute "why don't you join us m'lord" *vomit* thing).
But alas, I can't not watch. Peter Dinklage is far too compelling.
Also, aren't them "Noble Savages" great with the whole raping of women in order to avenge the would be assassination of wife of the King of those primitives who don't even know what a suit of armour is, or a ship. They just like the horsies!.
Will there ever be non-white characters who aren't exotic/primitive/savage/tribal?
Somehow, I doubt it.
This was in lieu of the new "Doctor Who" episode I have yet to see! Tommorow, you'll get my reaction to that. I've already been slightly spoiled, but I'm not sure as to what.
Oh, and if a woman isn't a whore or a wife, she's a girl who is going to be either a wife or a rape victim.
Or, if you're a sad Night Watcher, who has the misfortune of being a virgin (*gasp*) girls are there to be looked at, admired from afar, like the ornaments they are (unless they're whores of course).
And lest we forget the whole casual domestic violence (as we saw in S1E6 "A Golden Crown" - no woman, no matter how much of a bitch and Cersei is a HBIC, deserves to be hit by her spouse.
"Unkingly"? Try subhuman, King Robert, you asshole.
Did I miss something?
I was told by more than one person that I'll hate the 7th episode because it had a Lesbian sex scene that, 'lo! Wasn't actually a Lesbian sex scene. It was good ole' heterosexual male fantasy girl-on-girl performance.
"You be the man"? Seriously?!
This is an HBO production? Is this something to be expected from the books? If so, in what way is this innovative? In what way am I supposed to be impressed? By the scope and epic proportions? By the intrigue?
I'm afraid I'm no longer able to watch a show that depicts strict gender and sexuality norms without them being at the very least subverted in some way, at the very least sub-textually.
But this. This is not the kind of Fantasy I consider original. Perpetuating these gender and sexuality stereotypes is not something I expected from a current HBO production. Is this supposed to be realistic?
Am I supposed to be entertained while women are paraded around as whores and lunatics and expected to identify with them?
How can you identify with an Object and if not an object then an Abject - forgive me, but the taboo of incest (Woot, Viserys is dead, because we didn't see that one coming) is not an easy one to confront and the fact that it is depicted and more acceptable than same sex relationships (because god knows we didn't get an eyefull of Cersei and Jaime as opposed to Renley and Loras and let us not mention the whole Rose and the unamed prostitute "why don't you join us m'lord" *vomit* thing).
But alas, I can't not watch. Peter Dinklage is far too compelling.
Also, aren't them "Noble Savages" great with the whole raping of women in order to avenge the would be assassination of wife of the King of those primitives who don't even know what a suit of armour is, or a ship. They just like the horsies!.
Will there ever be non-white characters who aren't exotic/primitive/savage/tribal?
Somehow, I doubt it.
This was in lieu of the new "Doctor Who" episode I have yet to see! Tommorow, you'll get my reaction to that. I've already been slightly spoiled, but I'm not sure as to what.
