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Porco Rosso (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

There's the general sexism present and the objectification/sexualization of Fio. These are both appropriate for the time period and pivotal points to the character development. You have Porco going from believing a girl can't possibly help rebuild his plane to him fighting off a bunch of guys who can't see past her as nothing but an object.

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  • [–] 91 points 4 weeks ago* (4 children)

    Sorry but this is silly. It’s like someone saying, “Well the bad guy in XYZ movie was a nazi which is problematic, therefore the movie is.” Like, what?

    The presence of problematic ideas is not in itself an issue. In almost any instance that Fio is objectified it’s immediately shown that it’s a flawed perspective of the characters doing it, which goes for Gina too (though she’s a badass and knows how to use it to work the people dishing it out to her). The movie’s voice doesnt endorse any of it, and if anything rejects those things outright any time they’re brought up.

    Is media literacy even a thing anymore?

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  • [–] 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Anyone familiar with anime understands why an audience might not trust an anime to portray sexism and pedophilia as a serious character flaw.

    Anyone familiar with Ghibli should know they're built different and basically always have been.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Maybe vaguely in general, but you have to look at each show individually.

    I've had conversations about One Piece before where the other person didn't want to watch it solely because it had slavery in it, despite every depiction of slavery in the show being blatantly evil.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Im not saying these are problematic, just what others have seen as problematic. They are themes that are part of the story and character. It is silly to point them out as problematic, but people are silly.

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  • [–] 30 points 4 weeks ago*

    Porco and Fio's own grandfather's treatment of her is definitely written into the story to show what figurative pigs and chauvinists they are. IMO chauvinism is the very strong central theme of Porco Rosso. I think they are very much meant to be seen as character flaws. Fio is not sexualized from the perspective of the audience, just from the perspective of the adult men in the story (Though I've only seen the film, never read a manga of it).

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