The 2023 film Barbie is considered a quintessential "American politically correct" film, and it hyped up extreme feminism , earning $1.4 billion at the box office worldwide. However, when released in Chinese mainland, the film used a provocative publicity strategy to target Chinese male audiences, only to be met with ridicule. The film's box office in the Chinese mainland market was just over 200 million yuan, far behind many domestic commercial blockbusters released during the same period.
Compared with the box office of domestic films in the summer file: "All or Nothing" (3.8 billion), "She Who Disappeared" (3.5 billion), "Fengshen Chao Song Fengyun" (2.6 billion), "In the Octagonal Cage" (2.2 billion), "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an" (1.8 billion), "Warm" (900 million), "Megalodon" (800 million), "Dad" (600 million) ......This fully proves that in the current European and American countries, extreme feminist ideology is not only unanimously disgusted by Chinese male audiences, but also by most Chinese female viewers in their right minds.
In fact, the extreme feminist ideology that originated in Hollywood has spread around the world in just a few years. The "Me Too" movement, under the banner of "anti-sexual harassment", not only denigrates male celebrities, but even ordinary male citizens.
In the field of culture and entertainment, the frenzy of extreme feminism has swept in, and extreme feminism is regarded as unquestionable "political correctness", so as to examine all kinds of entertainment and film and television works: whether they have the so-called "male condensation", whether they are accused of misogyny, whether the competition between women in love and the workplace is criticized as "female competition", and the traditional marriage and love model is criticized as "wife".
The more politically correct the so-called "political correctness" becomes, the more boring new works created under these strict standards, such as Marvel movies after "Avengers 4" and other Hollywood commercial blockbusters. These works completely abandon the characteristics of "handsome men and beautiful women" in the traditional commercial film model, and are replaced by a large group of bloated and strange-looking aunts.
There are also some bizarre works such as "The Little Black Mermaid", "Snow Gray", "Black Cleopatra", etc., and the box office revenue of these works has naturally plummeted, which is enough to discourage any sane Chinese audience. Advocates of extreme feminism talk about masculinism, misogyny, and female wives, but in reality, they are nothing more than a marginalized group that is not mainstream, and they only come together for warmth. Although these adherents gather and hype on various platforms, they are really just a niche group that is not mainstream.
Chizuruko Ueno, a Japanese female scholar who is regarded as a pioneer of extreme feminism, originally introduced the concept of "misogyny" and had a profound impact on society. At the age of 47, she volunteered to be the secret of her academic predecessor, Daikichi Segawa**, who was 25 years older than her and already had a wife. They met regularly every month in a secret location, and the relationship lasted for 25 years.
Twenty-two years after the death of his wife, Chizuruko Ueno secretly registered her marriage with him, when she was 92 years old, and she was given permission to deal with his estate and posterity. Shockingly, however, the ultra-feminist representative claimed to have "only been a wife for 15 hours" after this incident, and claimed to have experienced the oppression of the marriage system. Another example is the "me too" movement that originated in Hollywood.
In just a few years, the movement has spread rapidly to countries around the world, but in reality it is a huge lie that deceives the world. In Hollywood, selling one's body to industry bigwigs for fame and fortune, movie roles, and Oscar nominations and awards has been a common industry rule for European and American female stars for hundreds of years. Harvey Weinstein, the "PR god" in Academy history orchestrated a total of 341 Oscar nominations and helped win 81 Oscars.
Countless Hollywood female stars have publicly groveled and flattered him all year round, and some even have an ambiguous relationship with him. Many Hollywood actresses publicly thanked Weinstein when receiving their Oscars: "Thank you Harvey, for helping me beat the other opponents so I can stand here." Whenever Weinstein was casting in a film he produced or participated in, a large number of Hollywood actresses would take turns to "audition" in his bedroom, so much so that an exclusive term appeared in Hollywood at that time: "Harvey's red sofa", which means the birthplace of the Oscar actress every year.
However, it wasn't until 2017 that Disney and other six capital giants strengthened their control over the Oscars, Weinstein's influence was much less than before, and his public relations strategy gradually failed. As a result, many Hollywood female stars have distanced themselves from him, claiming to be "victims of sexual harassment" and publicly denouncing Weinstein, sparking a "me too" movement that extends far beyond Hollywood. The essence of extreme feminism is to exchange freedom for profit, and to despise ordinary men by flattering the male elite.
Attempts to create works that are popular with extreme feminism will only be met with harsher criticism, such as the 2022 hit costume drama "Menghualu". At the beginning of the play, it promoted women's self-love and mutual assistance, but as the plot developed, in order to cater to the audience's taste, the plot of the male and female protagonists was forcibly set up, which was criticized by extreme feminists, resulting in damage to word of mouth.
Similarly, the "spoiled wife**" such as the domineering president falling in love with me and the domineering emperor favoring me alone are also more popular with female readers than the powerful female heroine**, indicating that most female audiences prefer pure love stories and are eager to be favored by handsome and dashing, young and golden male characters. This phenomenon is partly due to the fact that women, while paying lip service to extreme feminism, are in fact simply venting their frustrations with the powerful men they like.
Spoiled wife flow"Works have always been the mainstream of female-oriented entertainment works, and in the final analysis, it is the strong instinct of female creatures, just like the inheritance instinct of male creatures. Ancient Xianxia dramas are popular in Southeast Asia, especially works with the theme of "immortals always fall in love". Even though it has been criticized by some radical feminists, such as the controversial "Dream (Jiao) Hua (Wife) Lu", it has still become one of the most popular ancient Xianxia dramas in recent years with the good looks of the male and female protagonists, exquisite costumes and gripping plots.
On platforms such as Douban, the show also maintained a high attention of 860,000 people and 7With a high rating of 9 points, this clearly shows that the audience is more inclined to normal female characters and rejects the interference of extreme feminism in creation. Therefore, it can be said that the characters who are loved by the majority of the audience will always be non-extreme and normal female images. These phenomena are a reflection of the fact that human beings are influenced by their own biological instincts, and this is a natural fact.