"On a desert world, a military lead by Charlize Theron and a guy in a black mask captures a dude. A footsoldier sets him free. >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
> they then steal a prized vehicle and thrawt mask guy's plans with the help of a girl from the desert"
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Star Wars is 100x more hopeful about escaping patriarchal oppression than Fury Road is
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Fury Road is compelling partly bc if you read it as Max's story and not Furiosa's it's tragic as fuck
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I'm not sure, I picked up way more mental illness than gender from his POV. He seemed avoidant and socially disabled
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I would argue that in the context of the film these traits of mental illness are linked to maleness
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Every male character in the film including the "good guys" Max and Nux is unwell
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This is notable precisely because the closest we have to emotionally healthy characters are women
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The Wives (with Angharad's vision of a better world) and the Vuvalini Elders
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Furiosa is deeply damaged inside but that's part of her clawing her way from the world of women to the world of men
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Earning the title Imperator (a masculine gendered Latin noun)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
Furiosa heals by reconciling with her past from before the Citadel
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Neither Max nor Nux are capable of healing because neither of them have such a past
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