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@DjangoWexler You're effectively arguing that the presence of big action scenes negates the agency of non-combative characters.
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@fozmeadows Hrm. I wouldn't say it negates it in all cases. But it does tend in that direction. A movie has a limited time -> -
@DjangoWexler Let me put it this way: do the non-violent women in The Thousand Names have less agency than Winter because they don't fight?
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@fozmeadows -> to engage us. It can spend that time in various ways, and that tells us what the filmmakers want us to think is important. -
@DjangoWexler This precludes the possibility that two different things can be equally important. You're privileging action over all else. - Show replies
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@fozmeadows If JA was going to be Jupiter becomes awesome at politics and schools the Abrasaxes, I want *more* of that stuff.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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