At the start of my catch-up this year, I promised what would
be the single worst film I could ever cover on this blog. Quite frankly, I can
think of few things that are dumber than discussions surrounding one Anita
Sarkeesian. I’ve voiced my own issues with her in the past, equating her to a
rock band that wants to push hardcore political discourse but are completely
inept when it comes to writing actual music. Just so we can be clear on this
point, and I don’t get morons trying to twist my words, I’ll state my full
opinion on her here and now. Sarkeesian’s main goal, that being opening the lid
on certain sexist tropes and attitudes prevalent in video games, is commendable
in and of itself and I applaud the fact that the discussion was being made at
all.
However, between her rather unethical practices when it came
to the content of the videos themselves, up to and including stealing footage
from other YouTubers without due credit, and the frankly sexist crap she would
frequently tweet, I don’t think shewas the right person to make this discussion the hot button issue it was. So,
when I found out about this little-seen documentary about the Sarkessian
phenomenon and the tidal wave of hatred that would soon follow, I figure this
would be worth a gander as a means to discuss a different brand of critic than
I’m used to discussing on here. With that said, ignoring the production woes
this thing went through that could probably make up a whole other article’s
worth of analysis, how does this film turn out?
