It's easy to dismiss Russ Meyer as a sleazy director of softcore sexploitation. But to do so would show a closed mind on your part. True, he did direct sexploitation films mostly. However, I firmly believe that no genre is less artistic than any other. Just because Russ chose to use sexploitation as the canvas with which he painted his masterpieces, doesn't mean his films are any less than say Jim Jarmusch. Furthermore, it's easy to see him as the typical male. His films parade around his big breast obsession. But look closer and you will see that his female characters are the powerful ones in his stories. The women are buxom (in the same way that a man's belly can be a symbol of wealth, can't a full bosom be a symbol of the powerful female) and strong. The men are stupid and incompetent. His films are mostly watched by males, yet they have a strong grasp of feminism. RIP Russell Albion Meyer 1922 - 2004.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Russ Meyer
It's easy to dismiss Russ Meyer as a sleazy director of softcore sexploitation. But to do so would show a closed mind on your part. True, he did direct sexploitation films mostly. However, I firmly believe that no genre is less artistic than any other. Just because Russ chose to use sexploitation as the canvas with which he painted his masterpieces, doesn't mean his films are any less than say Jim Jarmusch. Furthermore, it's easy to see him as the typical male. His films parade around his big breast obsession. But look closer and you will see that his female characters are the powerful ones in his stories. The women are buxom (in the same way that a man's belly can be a symbol of wealth, can't a full bosom be a symbol of the powerful female) and strong. The men are stupid and incompetent. His films are mostly watched by males, yet they have a strong grasp of feminism. RIP Russell Albion Meyer 1922 - 2004.
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