Welcome, fellow cinephiles to Cinematix Problematix - where we make morally shaky excuses to still love films filled with racism, misogyny, objectification, and inappropriate sexualization. Some of these films are like your favorite uncle who you love seeing at Christmas because he makes everything more fun, but then he slips in a super racist comment over dinner and your mom says “Oh, honey, he’s just from a different time.” Movies are time capsules and filmmakers were just doing their best - their most woman and minority-hating best and we’re here to come to their defense. We’ve lost the ability to forgive, so let’s start exercising that muscle with something that brings all of us together. Movies. And Judging things. Possibly hating them. So feel free to laugh and judge with us as we go back to a different time and try to find a way to still love the movies that made us the freaky weirdos we are today. Enjoy the show!
Weird Science: Sexy Simulations and Statuory Situations
Wild Things: Sex, Swamps, and Sin
Heathers: Croquet, Corn Nuts, and Cruelty
Mommie Dearest: Wire Hangers, Wigs & Wholesale Wickedness
Pretty Baby: Pretty Disturbing and Exploitative, Baby
The Blind Side: White Saviors, Suburbs, and Sandra Bullock
Crash: More Like a Multi-car Pile-up of Racist Tropes
Tropic Thunder: Simple Jack and RDJ Pretending to Be Black
Saturday Night Fever: Disco Moves and Dangerous Dudes
Fatal Attraction: Betrayal, Boiled Bunnies, and Hubbies Behaving Badly
Cruel Intentions: Sex, Sleazy Bets, and Some Step-Sibling Incest
Love Actually: Love Is, Actually, Full of HR Violations
Animal House: Toga, Toga, Toga and Altogether Infantile
Falling Down: D-Fens, Destruction, and Demented Male Behavior
Song of the South: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-a-Dee-WTF??!
Gone with the Wind: Sass, Slavery, and Scorching Chemistry
Showgirls: Glitter, Greed, Gina Gershon, and Glorious Camp
Milk Money: Hookers, Homework, and Hijinks
St. Elmo's Fire: Good Looks, Booze, Credit Cards, and Garbage Morals
The Toy: Daddy, I Want That Black Man!
The Blue Lagoon: Kissing Cousins, Coming of Age, and Constant Cringe
Trading Places: We Knew Wall Street Was Racist But DAMN
Purple Rain: Misogyny, Ego, and Abuse Meet Purple Pop Perfection
Soul Man: Blackface, Blackface, Satire, Blackface, Blackface
Revenge of the Nerds: Frat Boys, Boobies, and the Horny Underdog
Sixteen Candles: Forgotten Birthdays, Underwear, and All Sense of Decency
