I need to put this request out there for input from all. I want to see a watch-along with all of the female cast members - Mary Jo Pehl, Rebecca Hanson, Yvonne Freese, Emily Connor, and Felicia Day.
We should vote on an especially cringe worthy movie with upsetting portrayals of women, for example The Wild World of Batwoman.
I’ve been watching RiffTrax episodes with Mary Jo and Bridget Nelson and they are awesome! If we can get Bridget to join in that would be amazing!
I can’t be the only Mystie that wants to see this happen.
What episodes would be great for this watch-along?
Viking Women, natch! (& its legendary Home Ec short)
Bridget and MJ have already re-riffed Angel’s Revenge, but I haven’t seen their version yet.
Imagine if they could get hold of The Doll Squad, which Cinematic Titanic (including MJ) riffed live but I believe they were not able to release on disc because of some legal issue or another.
Of course, if you really want to subvert the dominant paradigm (or whatever corporate lingo is big these days), hand them something like Lost Continent, which has almost no feminine participation at all. See what they’d pull out of their hats during the endless Lifetime-For-Men exchanges during the endless rock-climbing scenes. Better yet, the magical banger-fest that is Gorgo.
The following could be good, though admittedly I haven’t seen a lot of these.
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Jungle Goddess
Bride of the Monster
The Wild World of Batwoman
Racket Girls
Samson vs The Vampire Women
The Loves of Hercules (this episode may be too new for a watch along)
I just grabbed these titles from the Gizmoplex as examples. Better suggestions needed!
I want to see an all-female riff of Gorgo so they can discuss whether the Bechdel test can be failed if there aren’t even enough women in the movie to have a conversation in the first place.
(Cue a bunch of YouTube trolls whining about how a lot of bad movies pass the test, deliberately missing the point that whether the movie being studied is good or bad isn’t the issue.)
If cringe-worthy episodes are what you’re looking for, then it’s gotta be:
Wild Wild World of Batwoman
The Violent Years
Angels Revenge
But does it have to be cringe-worthy? A more positive one might be Gunslinger. Or maybe Swamp Diamonds. It may not exactly be positive, but it’s not as bad as Angels.