tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216229120285858313.post5725910506690803268..comments2023-09-26T13:17:59.918+01:00Comments on Młochów (Mwo-hoov): Life and Times Outside Warsaw: Sexist Polish Cinema (of the Past?)Pan Steevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253724876708541368noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216229120285858313.post-85372392304644621772011-04-08T02:38:29.738+01:002011-04-08T02:38:29.738+01:00Feminist studies simply couldn't exist under t...Feminist studies simply couldn't exist under the communist regime, because the communists wouldn't allow it. According to them all problems of Polish women were solved via the introduction of communism. It's really weird when the Catholic Church is being bashed for the communists.<br /><br />On the other hand, the Western middle class feminism indeed sounds to Polish women like an elitist, salon ideology of capricious princesses, so it's not likely it'll be successfully copied.<br /><br />Sexmission is hilarious! It's a satire on the communist rule. Women are used only as a cover. Which is why the film is so funny, because you're supposed to read between the lines. I've never met a Pole, man or woman, who wouldn't love it. Indeed, I think it's loved equally all over the ex-Soviet block. The real success was in fooling the censors.<br /><br />The women use popular slogans and techniques propagated by the communists. Even the slums are obvious - jazz music was illegal in Poland until 1956.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216229120285858313.post-65041429791411681872011-03-16T20:51:04.868+01:002011-03-16T20:51:04.868+01:00Sexmission was as much about politics as it was ab...Sexmission was as much about politics as it was about sex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com