WARNING! Series spoilers of course. WARNING!
Before anyone thinks me as a prime example of male chauvinist, I don't mind female protagonist when done right(femshep>maleshep). Marvels Jessica Jones protagonist isn't done right. More or less like the whole script/directing is just terrible exploitation.
The series has 3 white male main charaters that are all somewhat flawed or bad. The main antogonist Kilgrave is the "epithome of white male" a English man, a colonist, a person with no morality, who's victims are mostly women, homosexuals and colored. Next is Reuben a silly, bit retarded white male who is in love with the female protagonist and is totally dependent of the care of his sister (Quote from the series "He coulnd't even tie his shoelaces without me!") Then there is the white male "hero" Simpson who is basically first a good but bit simple cop that falls victim to Kilgrave. After surviving that he has the most sane and logical solution to end Kilgrave, but after the female protagonist messes up Simpon turns out to be a shady ex-blacops dopehead and murdering psychopath, who thinks he's doing good deeds by killing innocents. This all for the female watchers to feel superior and enpowered when every white male charater in the series are flawed.
The blaxploitation is just so obvious that it made watching Marvels Jessica Jones grinch whorty, a bad flashback to the heydays of 60-70's films with black protagonists. Every black character is either a victim of Kilgrave or hero or both. Malcom is black a heroic ex-victim that helps female protagonist and other victims of Kilgrave after Jessica helps him. Malcom is trustworthy and good person. Luke Cage is the main black hero, a trustworthy, good person who has superpowers and his blackwife Reva was also victim of Kilgrave. Clemons is a trustworthy and good black police officer that falls victim to first to Kilgrave and then to the white male "hero" Simpson.
The female characters are all somewhat positive that don't have much negative traits. Jessica Jones is the supertrong protagonist, a "ex-hero" whos main "flaw" is that she can't bring herself to kill Kilgrave and that creates more and more victims. Jessica is extremely white female, with black hair, black leather jacket,black boots and with black sense of humour. Jessicas best friend is white female Trish who is famous, successful and rich radiohost. Trish is also heroic (learns krav maga), ex-victim of Kilgrave and she is trustworthy person with good moral compass.
All the rest female characters(white or black) are more or less same: lesbian Hogarth a successful lawyer who falls victim to Kilgrave. Pam is female secterary who falls victim to Kilgrave. Wendy Hogarth a female doctor who is good samaritan that keeps a free hospital for poors. Wendy falls victim to Kilgrave, Do'h!. Robyn a female that takes care of his retarted brother and falls victim to Kilgrave.
Then there is the series main victim: Hope. She is innocent, beautiful, sporty country girl who ends up killing her parents, spending her time in the series at jail hell and in the end ends up hero killing herself so that the protagonist has strengt to finally kill the antogonist: A psychopath white male.
Somehow when checking the IMDB page for Marvels Jessica Jones it didn't surpise me that the series creator, most writers and the director are all female. I can't believe that I'm the only one seeing this?
Even when the creators have gone for more realistic New York look and feel, curse words like "fuck" don't show up even once. That isn't very realistic. Note that word "fuck" is often recarded as a mascular, male used, antifeminist and vulgar swearword. Also in the sex scenes a white male is never on top. It's always the female who is on top or the black male (Luke Cage).
Even when the antogonist rapes women, none of these scenes are shown only talked about. The sexual intercourse scenes in the series that are shown the female are always in total control. You can compare this to better written series like GoT.
edit. even the captcha was "yes, ma'am".
Before anyone thinks me as a prime example of male chauvinist, I don't mind female protagonist when done right(femshep>maleshep). Marvels Jessica Jones protagonist isn't done right. More or less like the whole script/directing is just terrible exploitation.
The series has 3 white male main charaters that are all somewhat flawed or bad. The main antogonist Kilgrave is the "epithome of white male" a English man, a colonist, a person with no morality, who's victims are mostly women, homosexuals and colored. Next is Reuben a silly, bit retarded white male who is in love with the female protagonist and is totally dependent of the care of his sister (Quote from the series "He coulnd't even tie his shoelaces without me!") Then there is the white male "hero" Simpson who is basically first a good but bit simple cop that falls victim to Kilgrave. After surviving that he has the most sane and logical solution to end Kilgrave, but after the female protagonist messes up Simpon turns out to be a shady ex-blacops dopehead and murdering psychopath, who thinks he's doing good deeds by killing innocents. This all for the female watchers to feel superior and enpowered when every white male charater in the series are flawed.
The blaxploitation is just so obvious that it made watching Marvels Jessica Jones grinch whorty, a bad flashback to the heydays of 60-70's films with black protagonists. Every black character is either a victim of Kilgrave or hero or both. Malcom is black a heroic ex-victim that helps female protagonist and other victims of Kilgrave after Jessica helps him. Malcom is trustworthy and good person. Luke Cage is the main black hero, a trustworthy, good person who has superpowers and his blackwife Reva was also victim of Kilgrave. Clemons is a trustworthy and good black police officer that falls victim to first to Kilgrave and then to the white male "hero" Simpson.
The female characters are all somewhat positive that don't have much negative traits. Jessica Jones is the supertrong protagonist, a "ex-hero" whos main "flaw" is that she can't bring herself to kill Kilgrave and that creates more and more victims. Jessica is extremely white female, with black hair, black leather jacket,black boots and with black sense of humour. Jessicas best friend is white female Trish who is famous, successful and rich radiohost. Trish is also heroic (learns krav maga), ex-victim of Kilgrave and she is trustworthy person with good moral compass.
All the rest female characters(white or black) are more or less same: lesbian Hogarth a successful lawyer who falls victim to Kilgrave. Pam is female secterary who falls victim to Kilgrave. Wendy Hogarth a female doctor who is good samaritan that keeps a free hospital for poors. Wendy falls victim to Kilgrave, Do'h!. Robyn a female that takes care of his retarted brother and falls victim to Kilgrave.
Then there is the series main victim: Hope. She is innocent, beautiful, sporty country girl who ends up killing her parents, spending her time in the series at jail hell and in the end ends up hero killing herself so that the protagonist has strengt to finally kill the antogonist: A psychopath white male.
Somehow when checking the IMDB page for Marvels Jessica Jones it didn't surpise me that the series creator, most writers and the director are all female. I can't believe that I'm the only one seeing this?
Even when the creators have gone for more realistic New York look and feel, curse words like "fuck" don't show up even once. That isn't very realistic. Note that word "fuck" is often recarded as a mascular, male used, antifeminist and vulgar swearword. Also in the sex scenes a white male is never on top. It's always the female who is on top or the black male (Luke Cage).
Even when the antogonist rapes women, none of these scenes are shown only talked about. The sexual intercourse scenes in the series that are shown the female are always in total control. You can compare this to better written series like GoT.
edit. even the captcha was "yes, ma'am".
