Tuesday, September 22, 2009

KMAT-




Oh, Kiss My Ass Lifetime Network.  I was so excited, Lifetime had a movie about Georgia Okeeffe  with some pretty decent actors/actresses.  The script was total drivel, extremely one sided, putting Georgia up on a saintly and chaste pedestal as she endured her long marriage to controlling and unfaithful Alfred Stieglitz.  The only thing (according to the movie) Georgia did was pose nude for her husband....who exploited her by displaying the photographs.

This was a woman who painted giant, vaginal flowers, and to desex her in such a manner seems particularly vile.  It made me realize how far we still have to go.  Kiss My ASS Sexism.  We can portray teenage girl/vampire sex in prime time, but heaven forbid we should portray a complex relationship that included many folks, not just a sordid and sad triangle?  That's fucked up.



4 comments:

studio lolo said...

I've always adored her and her feminine flowers. I don't think she's ever painted a stamen in one of her paintings, has she? I love how several OBGYN offices will have a big painting by her proudly displayed in the waiting room.

TV versions of things are often one-sided due to the tunnel vision of certain producers. You'll always find that in writing about anything, don't you think? Still it's a shame not to have the whole story told.

Michele said...

Ahhh, my favorite day of the week - KMAT : ) Allergies can really KMA. It's been raining in Dallas for weeks and my allergies have gone crazy. Candy can KMA because I eat way to much of it. Cubes at work - KMA. They are so yucky and drab. Mean coworkers - KMA. Not knowing what I want to be when I grow up - KMA. Is that enough for one KMAT? Cause I've got more. You know I do.

soulbrush said...

i have always believed that what goes on behind the bedroom door, is no body else's business!

kj said...

complex relationships? i have a ph.d. in complex relationships. i am an expert. the more complicated, the deeper i venture.

sigh....