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Furious about Furiosa: Misogynists are losing it over Charlize Theron’s starring role in Mad Max: Fury Road

Original poster for the 1979 Mad Max
Original poster for the 1979 Mad Max

So you may have heard vague rumors that there’s a new Mad Max film coming out. You also may have heard that it stars Charlize Theron as a shaven-headed postapocalyptical badass named Furiosa alongside Tom Hardy as Mr. Max.

Well, the manly men of the Manospshere are having none of it. On the always terrible Return of Kings, the most-trafficked blog in the Manosphere, Youtube bloviator Aaron Clarey issues a clarion call to his fellow right-thinking men, urging them to

Not only REFUSE to see the movie, but spread the word to as many men as possible. … Because if [men] sheepishly attend and Fury Road is a blockbuster, then you, me, and all the other men (and real women) in the world will never be able to see a real action movie ever again that doesn’t contain some damn political lecture or moray about feminism, SJW-ing, and socialism.

Er, “moray?”

As Clarey sees it, the central flaw in this film that he hasn’t seen is, well, it’s going to be starring Charlize Theron as a shaven-headed postapocalyptical badass named Furiosa. And that’s just not right, because everyone knows that women are just too damn womeny to be postapocalyptical badasses.

Even worse: in one of the trailers for the film “Charlize Theron’s character barked orders to Mad Max. Nobody barks orders to Mad Max.”

Clarey also reports, with a kind of growing horror, that none other than Eve Ensler, of Vagina Monologues fame, was brought in to consult on the film. (And trust me, Clarey’s discomfort with Ensler has nothing to do with her issues with intersectionality.)

Sure, Clarey acknowledges, Fury Road — at least on the surface — “looks like that action guy flick we’ve desperately been waiting for where it is one man with principles, standing against many with none.” But, he warns, despite not having actually seen even a minute of the actual film, nothing could be further from the truth!

[L]et us be clear. … This is the Trojan Horse feminists and Hollywood leftists will use to (vainly) insist on the trope women are equal to men in all things, including physique, strength, and logic. And this is the subterfuge they will use to blur the lines between masculinity and femininity, further ruining women for men, and men for women.

Lines between masculinity and femininity blurring! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!

Clarey worries that

men in America and around the world are going to be duped by explosions, fire tornadoes, and desert raiders into seeing what is guaranteed to be nothing more than feminist propaganda, while at the same time being insulted AND tricked into viewing a piece of American culture ruined and rewritten right in front of their very eyes.

You might think that someone this worried about the legacy of the original Mad Max might have noticed somewhere along the way that Mad Max is not actually a “piece of American culture” at all. It was an Australian film, filmed in Australia, directed by an Australian, and starring an American citizen who’d been living in Australia since the age of twelve.

I’m guessing that the director of Fury Road might have a somewhat more nuanced understanding of the original Mad Max than someone who doesn’t even know what country the movie was made in, especially given that the director of Fury Road, the director of the original Mad Max, the director of The Road Warrior and the director of Beyond Thunderdome are actually all the very same person.

But over on Return of Kings the fellas are as furious about Furiosa as Clarey is. In the top comment to Clarey’s piece, with several dozen upvotes, someone calling himself “truth” complains that the evil feminists who run Hollywood are ignoring the immutable truths of gender.

Hollywood is a garbage propoganda machine which spews out this feminist drivel filth into the minds of today’s young audience. Even though science has told us and proven, that men are physically stronger than women, it is nonetheless discarded by the forces driving this feminist nonsense.

There is a sick agenda at play here, and it only continues to get worse over time. First this, and now the upcoming “Terminator Genisys” which shows Sarah Connor in a more heroic and superior position to that of Kyle Reese, really makes me wonder how much further down the toilet society is going to go down, in it’s ridiculous attempts to try and reverse the traditional gender and biological roles.

Because “traditional” and “biological” roles always seem to be the exact same thing to these guys.

It is clear that the brainwashing of the masses will continue to go on with the promotion of these absurd movies in conjunction with the whole “girl power” themes that are present in these films. Furthermore, factor in the indoctrination of the liberal schooling and educational system, there is no doubt, that masculinity will be attacked from all sides in attempt to make the female gender more superior. …

I guess from the damage that I am seeing on a daily basis being inflicted by the feminist movement, there is really no turning back. Men will continue to opt out of society and by rejecting to watch these kind of movies, can help to further cement this narrative. And if ever, should the manginas and white knights reach that epiphany when they realise they are not perceived as a credible voice in this feminist driven gynocentric matriarchy that we live in, then even they will opt out of society.

Huh. And, let me guess, once the men all “opt out of society,” it’ll collapse in a giant heap and desperate women will turn to men for help? No wonder these guys are so angry about Fury Road; it challenges their favorite apocalyptic fantasy. Call it Mad Max: I Told You Bitches You’d Come Crawling Back to Me.

Women and feminists in general have without a doubt, proven that they are dysfunctional by nature and cannot be trusted with anything. And this movie helps to prove it.

FWIW, dude, the movie was directed by a man. It was written by men. And even though it’s got a lot more women in it than your typical action movie, most of the named actors in it are male. But apparently, to guys like Clarey and “truth,” it only takes a few drops of female blood to contaminate an entire action film.

Always maintain your masculinity.

And once again it’s the guys who think of themselves as the most macho who are the ones most anxious about their masculinity.

Truth is also horrified by one of the posters he’s seen for the film:

Even though the movie is called “Mad Max”, the poster clearly centres around Charlize Theron, while Tom Hardy looks like some ordinary guy in the background.

A woman’s face … in front of a man’s face! Can masculinity survive this terrible assault?

Slashfund complains that in the poster it “looks like he is wearing a muzzle like her bitch.”

Well, not really. Anyone who’s seen the original Max Max and its first two sequels may remember that a lot of the characters wore weird headgear and creepy masks; this was intended to make them look scary and, you know, postapocalyptic. Max’s new mask is no different.

Clark Kent whines

Where I can’t stand these female characters in kickass movies is when it is so damn obvious that they are forcing the female character in just to appeal to the blue-pill masses. The whole point of Mad Max is that he is the most hardened self-respecting man in the post-apocalyptic world. He lived through the decline, and thus carries all the grief of having been strong enough to see what the world has become.

To turn Mad Max upside down and make it into a feminist flick is horribly telling of our times. Rather than creating new films to depict the world from a women’s perspective, we take the great myths of men and boys and rewrite them to make women happy.

What? Mad Max is a “great myth of men and boys” now? It’s a movie made in 1979, not a tale told around the campfire by our ancient ancestors. And don’t any of you Return of Kingers remember Beyond Thunderdome, the second Mad Max sequel, released six years after the original? You know, the one co-starring Tina Turner, stomping around like a badass as the ruthless ruler of Bartertown?

Like it or not, fellas, but badass women are part of Mad Max canon.

MajorStyles, for his part, suggests that the film may be part of a sinister plot to con men into liking women with (gasp!) short hair — a major Manosphere bugaboo.

And what’s the end game of all this horse shit? That Alpha men will start finding bald, androgyonous women with anger issues attractive? Yeah, when pigs fly…

Again, another fail on the part of Team Feminism. As it has been noted many times, they do not get to order men what to be attracted to. Erections cannot be legislated. Only a man of supreme thirst would find this angynous thing attractive.

And the women who choose to impersonate Theron’s look in this movie will always be relagated to the same position – bridesmaid, cat lady, or beta male abuser.

TS77RP1, meanwhile, wants his fellow men to think of the children. And what he thinks about the children — specifically, those of the female persuasion — is genuinely horrifying.

Seriously: if you’re having a decent day so far, or, hell, a crappy one — basically, if you’re a having any sort of day so far, you may want to skip the rest of this post. No joke.

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Ok, if you’re still with me, here we go:

The only way back is to begin punishing ambition in our daughters and in all female children. They need to be physically and psychologically disciplined to be servile and deferential and they unfortunately need to have it beaten into them that they should NEVER trust their own judgement and always seek guidance and permission of their male headships.

Please tell me this monster doesn’t have a daughter.

My daughter would be turned out with nothing but a shirt on her back if she so much as looked at a college website or played with her brother’s educational toys.

Aw, fuck.

She would be belted to the point of being unable to sit if she exhibited confidence in decision making.

Fucking hell. A proud abuser.

I don’t want my wife to step foot out of the house unless her every dime and minute spent can be accounted for and executed in conjuncture with my approval. My daughter will exude obedience and timidity for whoever her future husband is and it’s imperative that all Christian Men demand nothing less within their own homes. Playtime for feminazis and the left is over. This is our world and our heritage to protect. Let the cultural war begin!

No words.

In a followup comment, he assures one skeptic that his wife and daughter are indeed real.

I do in fact implement this in my own home and practice what I preach vehemently. I have a daughter and sons and they are being raised to know that they are unequivocally different and 100% not equal. My wife is from a highly devout family and she was cowed long ago into obedience by her powerful, alpha father. I kinda won the life lottery >:^)

I can only hope that he’s bullshitting in an attempt to impress the Return of Kings regulars.

But impress them he does, winning upvotes and an awestruck comment by englishbob:

Wow! Its like you have a mini Saudi Arabia right in your home!

Apparently hatred of women trumps hatred of Muslims on Return of Kings.

I have no idea if Mad Max: Fury Road is actually going to be a good film. But I hope it does well, very well, if for no other reason than to spite these assholes.

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AlFromBayShore
AlFromBayShore
9 years ago

Relax Lea, I was being sarcastic. Besides, how am I being a misogynist when I am telling a woman to seek a job in a male oriented profession. The NYPD does need more female detectives. I’m performing a public service in order to snuff out the systemic inequalities that exist in the field of law enforcement. By the way, your welcome!

katz
katz
9 years ago

I’ll put my 8 years as a landscaper up against your career as a “political scientist” any day of the week. The result will always be the same.

Actually I’ll wager that the results will be extremely different depending on whether you’re trying to predict an election or make a topiary.

isidore13
isidore13
9 years ago

Al:

Film, like all other artistic mediums, can have its versimilitude severely eroded with the injection of political messaging.

From your first fucking comment, kiddo. Now answer POM’s question, please.

AlFromBayShore
AlFromBayShore
9 years ago

isidore, I stand by what I said. So what’s up?

JackFou
JackFou
9 years ago

Al, why don’t you admit you just string random “grown-up words” together in a feeble attempt to sound clever? So far, the only “point” you’ve made is boys like boy-stuff and girls like girl-stuff. Truly deep stuff.

Spindrift
Spindrift
9 years ago

“Your examples of “masculine” vs “feminine” genres and stories have way more differences than just the gender of the lead. Why is this version of mad max with a focus on a bad-ass female lead in a post-apocalyptic society automatically not “masculine?”

This! If you want a “masculine” film and you’re offered a film with a main character who displays traditionally “masculine” movie behaviour while fighting “masculine” foes, in a world that already has established badass female characters, why would it matter that she doesn’t have a penis? Movie still sounds plenty “masculine” (whatever that means) to me.

GhostBird
GhostBird
9 years ago

@Lea *offers you her bag of popcorn, which has metamorphosed into homemade guacamole and chips* This guy just can’t stay on task. If the goal posts moved any farther or faster they’d reach Mach 1.

On the Austen note, I keep meaning to read the books but then wind up stalling, faltering, and running away from them. I mean, I loved Jane Eyre and that era/style, but I seem to have a brain block where Pride and Prejudice is concerned.

Also, for anyone looking for good movies, I saw Only Lovers Left Alive not too long ago and have been under its spell ever since. You really have to like rambling, arty movies though.

isidore13
isidore13
9 years ago

Al:

Do you think “men are active, women are prizes to be won” isn’t a political message?

This question, from POM. Or explain why you think it’s not related to your original commentary.

Policy of Madness
Policy of Madness
9 years ago

Besides, how am I being a misogynist when I am telling a woman to seek a job in a male oriented profession. The NYPD does need more female detectives.

Again you respond to something that has nothing at all to do with your original comment! It’s almost like your excuse that you’re only responding to what relates to your original comment is complete crap that you only pull out when you need to slide away from a question you can’t answer!

Truly, you are the Socrates of our time.

shighhopes
shighhopes
9 years ago

Based on the reviews, it is violent and over-the-top as all hell, like a real ’80s-style “manly” action film should be. So the joke’s on them for jumping to conclusions out of misogyny.

Oh and TS77RP1 is probably the most vile and terrifying person I have ever seen on the internet – no joke. I can’t remember if anyone’s words have ever managed to disturb and infuriate me to this extent – and that includes really hardcore nazis and serial-killers-in-the-making sexual sadists. The net is home to some really fucked up people is what I want to say, yet this shitstain still stands out.

kirbywarp
kirbywarp
9 years ago

Lea, as I’ve said before, I am confining myself to the content of my original commentary, nothing more.

So, basically you want both the first and last word with no actual dialogue?

M.
M.
9 years ago

Wait, he actually is Mr Al? I was just snarking at his username. Hah, about time I got to meet the legendary idiot.

kirbywarp
kirbywarp
9 years ago

I guess when al said he was “pitching all 9 innings,” he meant that he was staying on the mound, petulently stamping his feet when asked to play the dang game.

smithshadow
9 years ago

AlfromBayShore

To return to your original post, you said you were not interested in watching the latest Mad Max. Fine. Your choice.

You decided to come to WHTH and explain your reasons. The question I have for you is why?

Furthermore you have not held to your brief of sticking to your original commentary, multiple times. You compared a female novelist to a male religious leader, for some reason which still escapes me, and then evade answering direct questions.

Policy of Madness
Policy of Madness
9 years ago

This question, from POM. Or explain why you think it’s not related to your original commentary.

Interestingly, he could explain why it’s not related to his original commentary by answering it.

isidore13
isidore13
9 years ago

@M, oh, I’m just speculating, too, TBH. David would have to confirm, if he even could.

Banana Jackie Cake, the Best Jackie and Cake! Yum! (^v^)
Banana Jackie Cake, the Best Jackie and Cake! Yum! (^v^)
9 years ago

Hey, I googled his name and look at this quote I found on his Disqus:

A Commenter:

It isn’t a “piece of American culture” you twit; it’s Australian.

Al:

Actually it is a piece of American culture because Gibson’s portrayal of Mad Max possess an iconic status in American culture. It’s like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is Austrian but still possess iconic status before becoming a fixture in American culture. You might want to stop with the “twit” epithet because it reflects poorly on you.

Sooo he misses the points on a lot of things, it looks like.

Alan Robertshaw
Alan Robertshaw
9 years ago

Here’s another under-rated masterpiece. Interestingly, it’s deliberately made as a classic 80s action film; could easily have starred Kurt Russell, but it actually stars Rhona Mitra, and she’s brilliant.

I’d rate this up there with “Escape from New York”, “Commando” etc. so how does this fit in with the ‘masculine film’ thesis?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_%28film%29

Banana Jackie Cake, the Best Jackie and Cake! Yum! (^v^)
Banana Jackie Cake, the Best Jackie and Cake! Yum! (^v^)
9 years ago

Al also looks like he often comments on MRA websites, so that’s why he’s here.

Lady Mondegreen
Lady Mondegreen
9 years ago

…The Color Purple/Boccaccio!? lol. That smelled fishy. 30 seconds googling brought up a thirty year old essay from a college English textbook by someone claiming parallels with the “Patient Griselda” motif in Walker’s novel and dude is pretending he’s all, like, intellechual and stuff.

Alpretentious, you’re a poseur. You’re full of shit. We know it and you know it.

(For the record, this 56 year old cishet woman has never seen Steel Magnolias, and loved the original Mad Max trilogy.)

Policy of Madness
Policy of Madness
9 years ago

Actually it is a piece of American culture because Gibson’s portrayal of Mad Max possess an iconic status in American culture.

Appropriation: can be done to white cultures, too!

smithshadow
9 years ago

@ej

Please add them to the list. This thread has provided recommendations of many films and series which I need to add to the list of viewing material.

kirbywarp
kirbywarp
9 years ago

Does that mean Gangnam Syle is also a piece of American culture, because it became iconic in America?

fruitloopsie
fruitloopsie
9 years ago

I read Pride and Prejudice and watched the movie I really liked them. I’m not saying sex is bad but it’s just nice to read/watch something that is entirely centered around relationships (talking and just enjoying each other’s company) my class and I were actually giggling throughout the movie on how akward it was.

I have no idea what we are talking anymore

Spindrift
We should get rid of those terms “feminine” and “masculine”

AlFromBayShore
AlFromBayShore
9 years ago

smith, I came to WHTH because it came across my Facebook feed after I posted the ROK article. I am in agreement with Clarey’s commentary and posted on that thread. I decided to come to WHTH to engage in some discourse on my own ideas as to why I was in agreement with Clarey.

isidore, I don’t see the “women as prizes and men as agents” notion. I see traditional sex roles depicted in art. There is nothing wrong with that because that’s experience of history. That’s what I’ve observed. This imagery echoes throughout history and I see nothing sexist about that. This is a manifestation of something real. There is a truth in “St. George and the Dragon” by Raphael. Not much else to say about that.

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