Saturday, May 3, 2008

Another Look at the SNL Short

Michael just posted his video for the week. Now I thought the SNL Digital Short was funny when I first saw it last year, but looking at it again it made me curious. Does this short have a underlining message that is only viewable when looking at it through a feminist or queer perspective.

Take for instance when the sister enters the room, for some reason she is shot multiple times by the different men in the room. Why is it the women deserves multiple gun shots, is it because she is inherently less then her male counterparts, or is it that because she is a woman, her sexuality then poses a greater threat to the patriarchy, which then requires for men to gang up on a her and silence this power?

Also, looking at the scene in a queer perspective does this multiple attacks from the 3 men turn this woman into a "tripod mary" a psycho-sexual vessel for these men to interact in a safely disguised heterosexual manner?

You decide.

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