Saturday, September 03, 2022

why "Atomic Blonde" is fiction

You're a 90-pound woman, and you're fighting your way through highly trained Russian heavies who all weigh at least 200 pounds... and you're kickin' ass!

Fact or fiction?

Almost definitely fiction. A highly trained woman like Gina Carano could easily lay out an old, untrained, out-of-shape schlub like me, but if she were to face a man with equivalent training, it would be all over, baby. Watch:

I like the narrator's attitude: men are generally better at most athletic endeavors, but this doesn't mean men are better at everything. Different but equal is a good way to live, a good philosophy to have. Dwelling in a fantasy world where women (overall) are imagined to be the physical equals of men (overall) is not.




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