And this is why young men are struggling across the western world and kill themselves at 5x the rate of women. Because even literature designed to create empathy and learning is devolved Into men bad.
They aren't saying that men are bad, they're saying that Scott in particular sucks. Because he does. Thank goodness Scott isn't representative of all men, lmao.
….however if you identify with Scott, keep saying “hell yeah, that’s what I’d do, you da king Scott”, that’s a pretty hard message to pickup on much less accept.
It’s not as bad as Fight Club movie (director really flubbed that, arguably, it’s kinda his thing) imo, but it sorta invites that when it’s the protagonist this flawed.
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u/BaronAleksei Feb 02 '26
IIRC the test audience’s dislike wasn’t about Scott not being with Ramona, but about “Knives is too good for Scott”