#and anyone who somehow bypasses it? i don't think they care one bit about fat people

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i'll be honest i didn't even process the homophobia in paprika as such bc all of it was expressed by a character who turned out to be the villain's henchman, & maybe that's on me but like, it really did not hit me like that at all.

it was a lot of background details, but it did hit me on the second rewatch that osanai doesn't yell at paprika for bringing up himuro bc he feels guilty about himuro's comatose-dead state but bc he's disgusted himuro liked him. osanai is not shown as a sympathetic character again from the moment you learn he's working against the protagonists, and frankly he's not too sympathetic either before then - at least if you don't trust him, everything he does & says comes across as him potentially becoming a problem later. again, on the second rewatch, i was able to retroactively notice another part that showcased that 'homophobia' mentioned by that person ; when they visit himuro's place & there are men's magazines all around his house, to which osanai makes a grossed out face (on first watch i thought it was more exasperation due to the previous fatphobia & general infantilisation of the fat characters).

the thing though, is that the messiness of the room, the 'gross' aspect, it doesn't hinge on the fact himuro is gay as much as it does on the fact he's fat. and it's weird to pinpoint homophobia without mentioning the glaring elephant in the room. they do the same shit to tokita! it's the exact same shit and tokita is straight as far as anyone's concerned! idk, tokita & himuro fit into a certain view of the 'nerd' that a lot of people hold, & the magazines are frankly the least of our problems with that view! if you want my opinion, the only reason tokita escaped the magazines treatment was that he was infantilised enough to not even be allowed the ability to be sexual. everyone constantly insists on how he's "a genius with the mind of a child". the fatphobia is absolutely paprika's biggest problem & it pisses me off someone would say the HOMOPHOBIA puts them off. like?! did we watch the same movie??

#perth.txt #cw fatphobia #like look i love this film. i can't say i don't. i do love it. but jesus christ does its One Massive Fucking Flaw bring it down. #and anyone who somehow bypasses it? i don't think they care one bit about fat people #satoshi kon did not hold the best views that is undeniable & frankly he could also have been massively homophobic for all i know #i'm just saying. if you're gonna take issue with something in paprika it better be the fatphobia first & foremost. #bc it is fucking aggressive & vile. the way tokita is treated is consistently the hardest part to watch in the movie #barring the one scene in the dream w osanai. #& there's no possible argument of 'well maybe it was meant to be seen in a negative light' at all. #hi sorry i have opinions. on movies #u could argue abt ableism due to how the like director guy is portrayed but i have mixed feelings on the matter #it doesnt exist in a vacuum though. so i 100% get the ableism criticisms even if i personally can examine it through diff lenses #& honestly i'm probably wrong! i just overanalyse stuff a lot once i get to thinking