Ah, yes. Magic Mike. Two years ago on this day, Magic Mike was deemed the greatest thing since sliced bread. Deemed ?The Cinematic Event of the Year? by the oh-so-trustworthy Jezebel, it was all my girlfriend would talk about for weeks on end. Thus, being the chivalrous man I am, I brought her to the opening.
Needless to say, the second the lights in the theatre dimmed and a very nude Channing Tatum popped onto the screen, the almost entirely female (save for the three dudes with their girlfriends who looked like they just wanted to be playing Starcraft) audience went wild. There was catcalling, jeering, and cheering alike. I was astounded by how the men on screen were being treated. Since when was openly objectifying someone politically correct? Is this whole harrumph about gender discrimination only pertaining to females?
If you asked most people, they?d probably get pissed off and go on a rant about how women are constantly objectified and some gobbledygook about male supremacy, and if you say otherwise you are a sexist, misogynistic pig who lives in his parent?s basement.
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