Comment on Porco Rosso
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 day agoThere’s a teenage girl who gets overly sexualized, but at the same time, it’s kind of so over the top it’s pointing out the issue that her other characteristics are ignored for it.
It’s also a film set in the 20s/30s in Italy and the Adriatic, made in the 80s, so kind of a product of the time. Apparently the dialog in other languages plays out slightly different, so the English dub might be part of the issue.
Personally, I do not think it’s over the line or gross, but some people do and it makes them not enjoy the movie.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 21 hours ago
As infinitesunrise pointed out, it’s been ages since I’ve seen the movie, but I don’t remember her being sexualized from the perspective of the audience, only the literal pig sexualizing her, and then growing as a person.
We live in a society which sexualizes teenage women, a work including teenage women being sexualized doesn’t make the work itself problematic if it’s in a negative or simply realistic context.
belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
The MC being a pig is a reference to the phrase „Porco Rosso“ (Red Pig), which was used by Italian fascists to refer to communists. He’s actually one of the most ethical characters in the movie. He is sexist at first (as are most men in this setting), but acknowledges his prejudice when Fio saves his life.
He doesn’t sexualize her. She has a celebrity crush on him, but he’s clearly uncomfortable with it both because of her age and because he’s still in love with another woman.
The people who end up sexualizing her are bounty hunters who ambush the pig while she‘s with him in his camp, but she‘s able to use that to save him (again) without getting herself into any serious danger.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
It’s been a while since I saw it, I remember the swimming scene where he’s looking at her but he acts perfectly fine