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Now Dave25 this is getting silly, we know your position and you are free to express it, now is the time to let us digest and catch up with your greater wisdom.

My test is, if at work or a business meeting you meet a man and woman you don’t know representing their business, you and your colleagues don’t immediately assume the man is the senior partner, the sadness is that most if not all will assume it is the man and generally are right.

Well, I guess if something happens more often there is nothing wrong with assuming that. But there is also nothing wrong with seeing it turns out to be the woman.

About the previous subject, my test is: 

In romantic storylines in films nowadays, women are portrayed as very real. They want to be independent, the roles are written in a way that makes sense, their insecurities are displayed, their desires, their reactions make sense, it makes these roles well written, real characters. Men in romantic storylines are portrayed as merely servants for the woman's ego/desires. To stay with the previous mentioned example, La La Land, Seb makes a 180 degrees personality change that comes out of nowhere because it is more desired. Suddenly he is this goofy puppy who convinces her to go after her dreams etc. His reactions don't make any sense. If you pay attention to this, in the end the male character always ticks all the woman's boxes, even if he does things wrong or makes mistakes, it was for her.

Now, we all know that in real life men are not always like this. In fact, men in real life are more often than not also ver independent, have various insecurities and desires, etc. Also, they are very often insecure ***holes, and disrespectful. Not because they are bad, but because relationships are difficult and all people struggle with this and people are complex.

What baffles me about this, and this is where we see the huge difference, why are women portrayed as very real in romantic films and men are not allowed to? Because women do not want to see real men in film? Because it does not fulfill a certain desire? Let's turn it around. Do most men want to see real women in films? With all their insecurities and complexities? Or do women want to see that. Because it is not particularly every men's fantasy/desire. Why is it so accepted to see downgraded males in films, that they are not being portrayed as real, and why is it forbidden to see downgraded women/women being not portrayed as real? Why do people not want to see real men in romantic films? This really is a double agenda.

This shows me there is a huge difference in the way genders are treated in current society.

Ask yourself these questions and the answers speak for itself.

OK I see Grease has been mentioned many times recently. I really cannot stand it.

Grease 2 on the other hand...

I've never seen Grease 2. Maybe I should some day. I like most of the original except I've always hated Sandy turning up at the end dressed & acting completely differently, especially as I think Olivia Newton-John looks much better in Sandy's "normal" look. I mean, there's the whole "you shouldn't have to change yourself for a man" issue as well but my main objection is that full pastel skirts are so much prettier than tight black lycra!

I looooved Grease Live.

And liked the actual musical a lot. I saw it twice actually when it toured Spain.

The sung-through type try my patience (I avoid these if I know in advance) but I enjoy those with dialogue if the songs are decent, even if the plot is feeble.

It's interesting. If sung well, sung through shows are the only ones I like. Such as Phantom or Miss Saigon.

When toned down, spoken dialogue is added (such as in the Les Mis movie and Phantom movie), it really tries my patience because the audience is forced to switch from spoken language to sung language all the time. This is especially irritating when it is semi-spoken dialogue. Like speaking 4 words and use a long vibrato on the 5th when talking to eachother. Just sing the whole line naturally and it feels much better.

In movies like Grease or The Sound of music it doesn't bother me, because the songs are either sung solo thoughts, which only elevates the thought, or performances within a performance, or romantic duets. These 3 options always seem to work.

All I've ever heard about Grease 2 is that it's the same as the first movie but the songs are worse and the character traits are reversed so I'm completely on board with you here, it sounds awful.

All opera is noise.

Monty Python was not, and never will be, remotely funny.

There's at least one person here going, "BUT-BUT THE MINISTRY OF SILLY WALKS. Comedy. Gold."