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The_Lone_Apple t1_iy837d2 wrote

Reply to comment by Antic_Opus in Do movies like Smile (2022) further stigmatize mental health? by Alternative-Cold-290

Also because women are better sympathetic characters than men. Women empathize with them and men want to protect them. It's the basest connection they can create without having to say anything.

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Antic_Opus t1_iy83b3c wrote

>Also because women are better sympathetic characters than men.

Yes but that sympathy is rooted in that culture "Oh man and it's just a woman dealing with all this"

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The_Lone_Apple t1_iy8qigd wrote

Right. And that culture is where the story is being told by an artist in a business that's goal is making money. It's the shortcut. When culture changes, that'll change along with it. So far, it works.

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