I stumbled on this 8 part Youtube series over women in action films and how Fury Road moves beyond the tropes to create something new. The first part discusses how we meet the main characters of the film and how empathy is built (or not built) for them. Then it goes into the various types of roles for women one usually finds in action films. Finally, it discusses the over-reaching message that Fury Road gives.
To my mind, the conclusion is the most thought-provoking part. It's a simple idea, but for some sad reason, radical at the same time. The idea is that humans should be treated like humans. All of us possess the aspects usually doled out by society as 'masculine' or 'feminine' when, in truth, we are ALL capable of violence, healing, caring, hating, defending, destroying, loving, manipulating, and everything else that runs the gambit of human action and emotion.
If you have some time, the series is certainly worth the watch.
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