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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8247622" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>My point is you are confusing content for message. It isn’t saying that it is good they shamed him that way of that he is bad for being feminine. If anything it’s a commentary on the culture he was in (which might be described in the terms you just used). I am sure plenty of people identified with him because of this part of his background (just like lots of people identified with dr Pretorius: who was a villain because he thumbed his nose at human morality but also captivating and interesting because of it). If anything this kind of character comes out of that tradition of queer cinemas. The point is to make interesting, compelling, tragic VILLAINS, not heroic characters. You are going to make them less interesting by trying to make them more laudable. To me this is taking a good idea: being compassionate, empathetic and nice and taking it to an extreme where things are always read in the least charitable light (and context is often overlooked).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8247622, member: 85555"] My point is you are confusing content for message. It isn’t saying that it is good they shamed him that way of that he is bad for being feminine. If anything it’s a commentary on the culture he was in (which might be described in the terms you just used). I am sure plenty of people identified with him because of this part of his background (just like lots of people identified with dr Pretorius: who was a villain because he thumbed his nose at human morality but also captivating and interesting because of it). If anything this kind of character comes out of that tradition of queer cinemas. The point is to make interesting, compelling, tragic VILLAINS, not heroic characters. You are going to make them less interesting by trying to make them more laudable. To me this is taking a good idea: being compassionate, empathetic and nice and taking it to an extreme where things are always read in the least charitable light (and context is often overlooked). [/QUOTE]

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