I think it's more a question of, "Are you all in on evil fucks getting what's coming to them, or do you worry that any power is going to be abused?"
Zoë Kravitz came in on the side of "Evil fucks getting what's coming to them", and believed that power in the hands of those who've been abused and have some empathy will result in better outcomes. If you go in thinking "All power corrupts", then you end up leaving power in the hands of the already corrupted, rather than giving it to previously-subordinate people who might begin to push things in a better direction, even if they're ultimately corrupted themselves. It's a constant fight to maintain the balance, not a "We'll put this Good and Noble Queen/King in power, and then we can all go to brunch!"
It's that mindset that gave us TRUMP II: THE TRUMPENING—"Aw, they're all equally bad, so why not vote for the fat White Bigot over the Black Woman?" To me, Trump is an evil fuck I needed to see get what's coming to him, and Harris was different enough to take a chance on supporting—otherwise, I wouldn't bother voting ever.
You can't move forward until you give those who are holding everything back the savage beatdown they deserve....
she didn’t just come in on punishing people. she came in on the idea that being a billionaire is cool and good. which…you know. I have some ambivalence.
You're thinking of the last shot in Tex Avery's "Bad Luck Blackie" (https://www.tiktok.com/@weirdismymiddlename86/video/7238664732150910234?lang=en - not great, but it's the only complete version I could find). In the cartoon, the kitten who's been abused by a bullying bulldog becomes a Black Cat himself, and discovers his ability to inflict bad luck on the dog.
Blackie the Black Cat, who's no longer black, gives the kitten his hat and shakes his hand, turning his job as a "Bad Luck" cat to the kitten—and the kitten turns to the camera with an evil snicker like the dog did through the entire cartoon! With it, Avery means to imply that the kitten will become just as big a bully as the bulldog was—which I think is a kind of paranoid and conservative mindset that nothing changes and power corrupts.
I have not yet seen BLINK TWICE, and am mainly going off your review of it. I wonder if the ending would have been different if Zoë Kravitz wasn't the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, and was thus born to privilege herself—kind of like how Sofia Coppola's characters are so often wrapped in a bubble of generational privilege.
You also said in your review that Frida is a waitress, a job I suspect Kravitz knows about as well as I know what being a fruit picker is like—and what starts the ball rolling is Frida and her fellow waitress Jess dress up so they can mingle with the rich&powerful, which suggests a desire to BE them at some level.
Was trying to decide if I wanted to watch this. I may give it a go, based on your review. thanks!
I think it's worth seeing, despite my reservations!
Sounds more to me like the ending is, "Think it's cool taking power away from women? See how YOU like it, asshole!"
The ending also sounds a bit more ironic, in the sense of a TWILIGHT ZONE twist ending, than you're giving it credit for.
I mean, it's a power reversal. But I don't think that's really different than what I'm saying?
I think it's more a question of, "Are you all in on evil fucks getting what's coming to them, or do you worry that any power is going to be abused?"
Zoë Kravitz came in on the side of "Evil fucks getting what's coming to them", and believed that power in the hands of those who've been abused and have some empathy will result in better outcomes. If you go in thinking "All power corrupts", then you end up leaving power in the hands of the already corrupted, rather than giving it to previously-subordinate people who might begin to push things in a better direction, even if they're ultimately corrupted themselves. It's a constant fight to maintain the balance, not a "We'll put this Good and Noble Queen/King in power, and then we can all go to brunch!"
It's that mindset that gave us TRUMP II: THE TRUMPENING—"Aw, they're all equally bad, so why not vote for the fat White Bigot over the Black Woman?" To me, Trump is an evil fuck I needed to see get what's coming to him, and Harris was different enough to take a chance on supporting—otherwise, I wouldn't bother voting ever.
You can't move forward until you give those who are holding everything back the savage beatdown they deserve....
she didn’t just come in on punishing people. she came in on the idea that being a billionaire is cool and good. which…you know. I have some ambivalence.
You're thinking of the last shot in Tex Avery's "Bad Luck Blackie" (https://www.tiktok.com/@weirdismymiddlename86/video/7238664732150910234?lang=en - not great, but it's the only complete version I could find). In the cartoon, the kitten who's been abused by a bullying bulldog becomes a Black Cat himself, and discovers his ability to inflict bad luck on the dog.
Blackie the Black Cat, who's no longer black, gives the kitten his hat and shakes his hand, turning his job as a "Bad Luck" cat to the kitten—and the kitten turns to the camera with an evil snicker like the dog did through the entire cartoon! With it, Avery means to imply that the kitten will become just as big a bully as the bulldog was—which I think is a kind of paranoid and conservative mindset that nothing changes and power corrupts.
I have not yet seen BLINK TWICE, and am mainly going off your review of it. I wonder if the ending would have been different if Zoë Kravitz wasn't the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, and was thus born to privilege herself—kind of like how Sofia Coppola's characters are so often wrapped in a bubble of generational privilege.
You also said in your review that Frida is a waitress, a job I suspect Kravitz knows about as well as I know what being a fruit picker is like—and what starts the ball rolling is Frida and her fellow waitress Jess dress up so they can mingle with the rich&powerful, which suggests a desire to BE them at some level.