Little Miss Sunshine did pay off in the end, but getting there was so painful I don't think I would watch it again.
The grandpa's double standards for females, although classic (girls are innocent, women are whores), was still creepy, however much he supposedly loved his granddaughter. So teaching her a stripper routine, while funny for the movie and strike against the shallowness of the pageant, was also a little creepy. Not to mention that he was sabotaging his beloved granddaughter, since he surely knew this routine would shock and outrage the pageant, which would have been fine if she had known and understood the protest they were making and been a willing accomplice. But she had no idea. The more I think about it, the more cruel it seems, that even though he loved her, he was teaching her a routine that was going to get her booed offstage, just because he thought it would be funny. I'm unwilling to ascribe him higher motives.
Sorry for the rant. I haven't actually thought a lot about why this movie bothered me before this.
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Date: 2007-06-10 03:50 pm (UTC)The grandpa's double standards for females, although classic (girls are innocent, women are whores), was still creepy, however much he supposedly loved his granddaughter. So teaching her a stripper routine, while funny for the movie and strike against the shallowness of the pageant, was also a little creepy. Not to mention that he was sabotaging his beloved granddaughter, since he surely knew this routine would shock and outrage the pageant, which would have been fine if she had known and understood the protest they were making and been a willing accomplice. But she had no idea. The more I think about it, the more cruel it seems, that even though he loved her, he was teaching her a routine that was going to get her booed offstage, just because he thought it would be funny. I'm unwilling to ascribe him higher motives.
Sorry for the rant. I haven't actually thought a lot about why this movie bothered me before this.