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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha, I didn't know this, but a certain male perspective was patently clear on Rotten Tomatoes.  My husband and I call it the "super hero" discount, because the way all superhero blockbusters are always rated 20 points above where they should be.  (And BTW, DH is a massive comics fanboy and between him and our kids, we literally have about three closets of superhero paraphernalia, so if anything, his biases run the other direction.)  RT simultaneously is hard on rom-coms - though then again, they do often suck, so maybe the gender skew simply means the reviews of "chick flicks" are realistic but the "action films" just too inflated.[/quote]

It's the same for romance novels, which, when written by women, are almost universally derided.  When written by men, are often praised.

It pissed me off that wonderful films like Under the Tuscan Sun and even Pride and Prejudice have really low rankings, because the fanboys aren't interested.

I hate living in this patriarchal world. [/quote]

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