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Poor Things is not the better Barbie, they are both very different and have unique themes and messages. you complain about Ken saying flat and cringe phrases, but actually that is exactly what it's supposed to be. Ken went to the real world and read "feminist" books about "patriachy" where authors share their very flat, black-and-white-ish view on men and women in this world. It's that kind of book where the authors overtly just hate men and think that every man is still benefitting from patriarchy and women are always systematically oppressed (don't get me wrong I don't deny sexism. I am sure every woman has been affected by at least some kind of sexism which is very tragic and repressive to say the least, but it's not that black and white either, is it?). Ken thinks that this is how the real world actually works and tries to establish those structures into barbie world. The joke is that the barbie world already depicts a matriarchy where Kens aren't worth anything and Barbies are systematically superior. the barbie world already inhabits everything radical feminists criticize about the real world but the other way around, thus displaying the fact that in reality it is not as black and white some people think it is. The message then is: Men and women shouldn't be treated any differently regardless of their gender. It is against p-/matriarchy in every way possible. Poor things on the other hand shows that men should not abuse innocent and weak women for their own personal joy. It criticizes the power some men have and displays how powerful, in contrast, sexual attraction can be. Men want to abuse Emma Stone's character for their own lust, but ultimately she makes the same mistakes our modern society criticizes about men in power in order to give men a taste of their own medicine. Her mistakes are legitimized by the film because those men are disgusting and she is just innocent playing with the rules given to her. The message then is: don't abuse your power to treat anyone like shit and learn to accept a "no" as a "no". Poor Things teaches men in power to treat women respectfully whereas Barbie teaches everyone that it's hard to be a human. Men and women all have their unique problems respectively but we all should be treated equally regardless of gender. Poor Things is a feminist movie whereas Barbie is woke-criticism whithout spreading conservative ideals. (But I get why people think these two try to get the same message across)

Brandy 😍 looks way better than Beyonce

I am Asian. Big Brandy fan like I listen to her every single day. Problem with Black music community is that you choose to place "one" black woman on the pedestal, when we can celebrate both and all.

I would live much better outside the US, as a Retiree!, and I mean luxury

Trash take especially since you didn't bother to watch Barbie and have no intention of watching it

She never went outside her race so there's NO legitimate reason to attack her. FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve worked on a Amanda Seales music video in the early 2000s never met her directly but I remember people ( all this was all types of people black,white, etc) saying she was not a nice person and is extremely mean and rude to them. This was way before she was famous but after all these years is still getting the same criticism says a lot about her character. She fooled you. And use black female empowerment as a way too control your emotions. The music video I’m talking about is Amanda Diva “Neon” on CZcams. I did the special Effects. I’m an Emmy award winning editor now.

I never forgot how Amanda Seales falsely accused Myron Rolle, a former NFL football player, Rhode Scholar, and neurosurgeon of sex harassing women... he ultimately prevailed. Although Seales issued an apology, she should have known in a post Me Too world how detrimental that type of allegation could have been and how it could have torpedoed a man's career and reputation, especially for a blk man. I went to college with Myron and I was very surprised by her allegations. Frankly, I am still surprised Rolle didn't take civil action.

People did produce the receipts though. I think Amanda Seales herself is anti-black. When you defend someone like Shaun King over Tamir Rice's mother taking an issue with him raising money in her son's name, but the money never went to the family, that's the truth. You can literally see Amanda herself making this post. Questioning "Why is Tamir Rice's mother questioning all of these activists," when it was mainly Shaun King. Then you have her longtime friendship with Lenard (charlemagne) who he himself has admitted to drugging women and when people pointed this out to Amanda, she said, I'm not going to cancel anyone blah blah blah, while pretending to care about victims of sexual assault. If that is her standard then she wouldn't have that friendship with him. Next you have her defense of Jussie Smollett when she called his hoax noble essentially spitting in the face of those who actually are victims of hate crimes. She was on the real when she said this with her whole chest. So even with receipts, fans of hers are ignoring these facts. It would be one thing if she ever apologized for things like this but she never does and anyone that points this out is apparently being mean to her. She's not being randomly attacked. For me, the Jussie Smollett excuses and defense from her, was enough for me to say no thank you to her. Hopefully one day she can mature, but people need to stop enabling her and pretending there is no evidence for what Amanda has done.

I agree with you, but I understand why people don't like her. Most people say they want the truth, but don't. Look at how so many of our people say things like they didn't do all of that to Harvey Weinstein, when talking about Pill Cosby or R(ape) Kelly. Our people will protect the despicable behavior of black men but get so bothered by the truth. So when Amanda speaks up, she's another Angry Black Woman. We're not given space to be angry because we have to carry the weight of the world that's put on black men. Who's carrying us?

Amanda Seals works for the DNC

Ok so u seem to be unaware that there is a difference between grassroots black media and opposition black media. Amanda has been towing the line for years now and up until recently Amanda had been running around with the opposition using all the basic Democrat talking points, far as I'm concerned she made her bed years ago so don't look for Grass roots to save you now

Did she ever speak more about her comments where she said it was ok to lock men for rap-e even if they were not guilty. She is liked by one of the biggest black media outlets there is “CTG” the book deals, the podcast, the on and off again radio spots and the view. Lowest ratings when on breakfast club, co host one of the most hated show on television. Says reckless things AND is hard to work with. It is what it is. At this point you should wondering why she still is on a platform when most people could careless about her opinion on most topics and on life.

She's not likable lol truest thing I've ever heard.

Hello! New sub here! I say follow the money! Smear campaigns are real and have always been used to "calm" the voices of our people. They even use our own people to do it to remain hidden.

The way they’re going about this makes me just want to withdraw from the community. It’s so sad. I keep asking, “Who did she harm?” We eat our own.

Ma'am, She still need to be able to work well with others. In one of the articles, examples were given how Amanda was rude and elitist towards other black people. She not innocent. She is not a victim. She has even admitted on a interview that she doesn't 'play well with others'. She and most people in this world have to be LIKEABLE and work well with others even if they are black or women. She DOESN'T get a pass to being rude to others just because she is pro-black. And being pro-black doesn't give a person the license to be rude and unlikeable. Being a team player is an REQUIREMENT on most jobs in this country. And being likeable is important when dealing with others. And this has NOTHING to do with white supremacy. We, as black people, should NOT make it an acceptable standard to be rude to each other.

Many in the Black American community feel that this woman is very UN likeable. Don't be shocked, read the room.. B1!

I think this whole thing is CRAZY! I feel like we are just replicating the structures and hierarchy of the oppressor. It seems as if the prerequisite for being in Hollywood, entertainment, or the upper echelon of business spaces is to keep your mouth shut and go with the flow. They never like truth tellers, or whistleblowers, or anyone who will call out injustices, and not just go with the flow. It’s interesting that you mention we are in a season of a lot of awards and events in the culture. In light of that, it almost seems like these pieces were meant to put out a press release not to invite her anywhere because they don’t want an outspoken person like her to disrupt or expose their shenanigans. That is the only “crime “I could ever accuse Amanda of… but telling the truth should never be a crime. And that is all she has ever done: tell the truth. I literally ran to her channel this morning to show some of her recent videos some love. I’m so glad she has a private member community of supporters. It seems like you just have to build your own community these days and that is sad that we can’t all coexist in a larger one.

I think it is going to be a man. She spent a lot of her time breaking down patriarchy, which hits men with the will to change no pun intended with a revolutionary attitude. It’s just an uphill battle because the perfect savior is impossible rip ms. hooks

Congratulaitons on this ccomplishment! I specialize in helping people who want to self-publish and I get questions about how to get a publishing deal. I'm potting an interview series with authors about their process... it's probably a few months out. But I'd love to collaborate with you and interview you once your book is published to talk about your experience pitching and publish with a publishing company. Would you be open to that?

Awesome! Congratulations!

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While watching Poor Things I was like "this is barbie but on acid" lol

Poor Things is just Barbie but made by and for man

I saw both movies and when I left the theater I said out loud, "This is what Barbie should have been like."

Trans guy here, I am very happy you are making this series as I have to worry not only about my safety as a trans person when moving, but the safety of my partner who is black, and also the safety of the children we plan on having.

I agree with the premise of your video but I don't respect that you did it without seeing the two movies.

I'm going to point out what so many other have already. You can't actually review a movie without watching the movie. It's a shame because you put up a good title and you got me to click on it but as soon as you said you haven't watched the movie I don't really want to bother listening to what you have to say, so I'm clicking off if it.

Do people really think Poor Things was feminist? In what world?

There should definitely be an in depth comparison of the two films. It's such a shame that this was not it. Please watch Barbie and proceed to compare the two.

Barbie didn't see race at all but still included diverse characters, that's called not having racism, which should be good about the movie but apparently it's not. It was a comedic movie that still showed a purpose. There's a reason why it won't sweep the Oscars: It's a comedy movie. That will never change. But it's still a good funny movie that does portray a message. You really have to watch the movie to be able to make this statement.

You should do as many videos on Poor Things as you see fit. There is so much to talk about.

You should definitely watch the whole flick; it feels really different than a bunch of clips. I get your point, Poor Things is a daring masterpiece; there`s no denying it, and they clearly achieved their goal. So did Barbie, the biggest box office of the year. Barbie broke so many conventions, both in form and in "content," AND managed to be extremely commercial (despite the far-right men-children fundamentalist's loud cry; it actually helped it). There were far more layered nods to our society's status quo and rap shee..., I mean, History than meets the eye, granted. Cheers!!!

Just on the title- agreed. Barbie is sweet regurgitation; moving; but not new.

You say Barbie’s dialogue was cringe in the clip, but since you haven’t watched the film you don’t realise that she’s not being genuine, she’s lying to him. It’s very much intentional.

Dawg you really made a video comparing two movies… but didn’t even watch one of them lol smh

I hope you redo this after watching Barbie because just only watching one fully and then only basing the other from clips isn't a good approach.

I totally get that people are making loads of comparisons about these two movies but I think that they’re both so different and set out to explore different things to different audiences and I really think you should see both films in full before discrediting Barbie. Personally I just didn’t see Poor Things as a feminist movie mostly because I don’t think that you can take a book written by a dude turned into a movie written by a dude (as hilarious and brilliant a dude as he may be) and directed by a dude about a women’s experience and call it earnestly feminist. I think poor things had feminist undertones but I saw it more as a movie about becoming a person unashamedly and falling in love with life and the world. I preferred poor things as well but I thats in part because of my own aesthetic preferences and I still think Barbie is an incredibly well made movie that did its best to be thoughtful and apt given the fact that it was made in part by Mattel and had to cater to a younger audience as well as an older one. Definitely worth the watch, yes it’s cornier than something like poor things but making a movie more accessible to younger audiences and non-cinephiles doesn’t make a film worse!!!

I really liked Poor Things but as fascinating as Bella Baxter is her journey for which there is a lot to take and live by. But is also an almost impossible one. Bella is set up as a special one. Even her copycat made by “God” doesn’t develop the way she does under the same circumstances. Bella is smart and special but her baby, clean slate brain doesn’t understand social rules or why follow them. She finds her own path in her blissful ignorance but determined and courageous personality, even finds pleasure as a sex worker adapting methodical ways to embrace sex, which felt so unrealistic to me, specifically by how strange, masochistic, even pedophilic, and sometimes unattractive men who use her are. Nothing creates a trauma reaction in her expect briefly seeing poor people starving to death. I find the journey of Barbie more relatable, someone bored with routine to the point of meeting an existential crisis and accepting a less perfect but more real and something we all go through. The question of whether what’s my purpose if someday I’m facing death and I’m everyday growing older in a society that deams me progressively obsolete as I age.

But you have not watched both movies?

In my countryman’s movie the heroine lives her life tackling bad men, but meeting good men as well. Not all men are toxic and inferior. There’s patriarchy in the film, but no verbal mention of it. The movie is very good and communicates its messages exactly because it’s not preachy and the protagonist is not a caricature as she seems in the beginning.

But how can you make that statement without actually watching both films?

lets be honest Ryan as ken was the show stopper of the movie and that is why he gets nominated

Thank you for this video, as a solo black trans traveler I appreciate it.❤

You should do a video on Poor Things.

thank you

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Sad to see Black man hating Black women and themselves.

Wow I was so surprised that there was video for exactly what i was looking for!!! Many thanks!!!