tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post2239879622518894295..comments2024-03-26T15:33:47.822+05:00Comments on THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS: Idiot of the Week: Kim ElsesserTom Shonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938779517705582285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-77930717459119645152010-03-08T02:51:29.615+05:002010-03-08T02:51:29.615+05:00Mr Elsesser didn't get "Idiot of the week...Mr Elsesser didn't get "Idiot of the week" because she is a feminist. She got it because her suggestion was the most idiotic thing I'd heard all week. She got it on merit alone!Tom Shonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06938779517705582285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-50433471928620953132010-03-08T01:22:15.803+05:002010-03-08T01:22:15.803+05:00"If you were to offer an award to an employee..."If you were to offer an award to an employee in a law firm, you wouldn't give one to the best male employee and another to the female."<br /><br />That's because men and women are equally well suited to the task of being lawyers. But, as I noted above, a woman couldn't have played Hans Landa to nearly the same effect as Waltz, any more than a young English boy could have played the title role in "Alice and Wonderland". Your analogy is entirely without merit.Gaithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-4477857794919404092010-03-07T22:04:33.556+05:002010-03-07T22:04:33.556+05:00Wow, have we come to a place where a viewpoint tha...Wow, have we come to a place where a viewpoint that can be considered feminist automatically qualifies someone as the "idiot of the week?" <br /><br />I don't think that Elsesser's argument is really that far off. Acting is a job that men and women do together. If you were to offer an award to an employee in a law firm, you wouldn't give one to the best male employee and another to the female. You would award the employee who did the best work overall.<br /><br />An author is considered an idiot for wanting to make an issue divided by gender<br />equal. Really? Mr Shone reveals a little more prejudice than he exposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-21543588613601926872010-03-06T14:18:24.758+05:002010-03-06T14:18:24.758+05:00Riiigght... because if Christopher Waltz wasn'...Riiigght... because if Christopher Waltz wasn't available, Sandra Bullock would totally have been cast as Hans Landa. Biology's got nothing to do with it...Gaithnoreply@blogger.com