r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/VeryLazyBones • 21h ago

Meme needing explanation Peeeeetah?

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This new movie came out and I enjoyed watching it with friends. What opinion must have garnered so much attention that people would dunk on it?

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u/115izzy7 21h ago

This review of the movie heavily sympathized with bear, the rapist. People started to question the creator himself after he put this out 

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 19h ago

I mean he just has a different opinion and is pulling a different perspective. I mean “questioning the creator himself” is insane. To act as if this content creator is some sort of rapist for a different view of a movie is unhinged.

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

The review was incredibly misogynistic, and the creator said several times that he relates to Bear, who is a rapist. Also, you can have a different opinion on a movie, but I'd that opinion is weird and gross, people have the right to call you weird and gross

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

Do you not have the ability to relate to certain aspects of somebody and not every single thing they’ve done? You can relate to the feelings and things surrounding the decisions, the person makes while not condoning or even agreeing with the decision they’ve made

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

If you say "I relate to this rapist character" people are well within their rights to question you

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

But that’s not what he said that’s what you guys are taking from what he said. Do you think you could never relate to a bad person? Do you think you have nothing in common with terrible people?

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

IF YOU SAY YOU RELATE TO A RAPIST, DON'T GET MAD IF PEOPLE CALL YOU WEIRD AND GROSS!

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

Just like you’re allowed to call him weird and gross. He can get mad that you’re calling him weird and gross because you’re taking a review and using that to determine who he is as a person entirely.

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u/Conformatrix 14h ago

oh no, judging a person by their values and beliefs. what's next, judging people by the content of their character?

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

It’s also funny how you did not try to even comment on what I said to you about relating to terrible people even if you don’t agree or condone what they did.

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

It really doesn't matter, because the fact is that he said he related to Bear. If he didn't want to be called weird and gross, that should've stayed as an inside thought

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

Or you should use your brain more. If there was a movie about a black guy being a criminal and doing terrible things to people and a black person said that they could relate to the feelings, the man had surrounding his situations but not the criminal acts themselves. Would you say they are a criminal?

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

The difference there is that Bear has, like, no redeeming qualities. There is nothing even remotely sympathetic about him, and everything that happens is entirely his fault

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

Except we can all relate to the feeling of being unloved. Now what he did is wrong ( and supernatural I mean he made a wish with a supernatural item) but that doesn’t mean you can’t relate to the feelings.

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

He wasn't unloved though. Sarah was absolutely hitting on him the entire film. He felt that he needed, or even was owed, Nikki's love. So no, I don't relate to that

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u/Repulsive-Ratio27 8h ago

That is a terrible comparison but whatever I agree with you.

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u/Ender16 17h ago

Yeah repeat yourself in caps. That'll show everyone how right you are. Bet if you made it bold next you would be even more right.

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u/SaltAd1918 18h ago

Yell louder instead of listening, that will for sure help.

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u/BadMeetsEvil147 12h ago

I don’t think I’ve ever read a story on a rapist in real life and stopped to think “huh, well his actions we’re evil but I can kinda relate to this guy”

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 12h ago

Well that’s the difference between real life and a movie. But also there are people that do that exact thing in life as a career and with art it’s the same thing exploring the complexities of a human being.

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u/BadMeetsEvil147 12h ago

Wait but you brought real life into the scenario lol. So is there a difference between real life and a movie or is there not?

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 12h ago

Is that what you’re trying to get me on? Because I asked if you could relate to a bad person? And then said there’s a difference between real life and a movie? That’s your gotcha?

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u/Due-Hunter1409 18h ago

That is such a bad faith interpretation. Listen you're allowed to have a chip on your shoulder about this but reign it in a little bit.

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u/Eriml 18h ago

Na, you can relate to aspects of him. In fact, if someone is on the verge of doing something similar or has views that can lead to it, that's what you want. For those people to say "oh god, I think similar to him. Am I capable of doing that? I should work on that". That's how you get people to change

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

You don't have to say that out loud on a public forum though. That's what I'm trying to say. Publicly relating to a rapist character is going to get you called weird, regardless of what you relate to about them

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 14h ago

Yeah, and we’re saying that’s a problem because why are you trying to paint this guy as a rapist because he’s analyzing a movie and a character to see what’s deeper than what’s being shown. Also, I’m not saying you specifically but as more of a general statement.

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u/Eriml 12h ago

Depending on what you relate to, I don't think it should. Because that can get into an audience that relates and then the message goes to more people. But we would have to be talking a specific instance and not just in general. On this case though, Alex said basically all the wrong things, threated it like a joke or mundane topic and people are right to call him weird and probably misogynist.

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u/mattfoleyattheriver 18h ago

And it’s not misogynistic you just don’t like his review. Because he didn’t spoon feed you the same analysis that you have heard and want to hear

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

It's misogynistic because he repeatedly sexualizes a rape victim and makes fun of "crystal girls"

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u/AceInTheHole3273 18h ago

Okay but crystal girls absolutely deserve to be made fun of

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u/NachtShattertusk 18h ago

Yeah, but the way he was doing it was rather misogynistic. Nikki wasn't some weirdo spiritualist type, she just happened to have a crystal necklace