{"id":375,"date":"2015-09-29T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave0.nfshost.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2015\/09\/29\/the-main-quality-of-a-strong-female-protagonist-is-someone-who-is-a-full-human-being\/"},"modified":"2015-09-29T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T15:45:26","slug":"the-main-quality-of-a-strong-female-protagonist-is-someone-who-is-a-full-human-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2015\/09\/the-main-quality-of-a-strong-female-protagonist-is-someone-who-is-a-full-human-being\/","title":{"rendered":"“The main quality of a Strong Female Protagonist is someone who is a full human being.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love this short film. As I’ve seen it float around online, I’ve seen folks say “Watch this! It’s such a great short film about domestic violence!” (which obviously it is), and I’ve seen folks say “Really, this is a short film about abortion! It’s great and powerful; watch it now!” And it’s that, too. And I can imagine someone saying “This is a great film about Patriarchy! Feminism! Rape Culture! The legal system! Psychology! Psychiatry! Our Prozac Nation!”
\nAll of that can be argued. It’s all those things.
\nBut that isn’t why I love it.
\nI love this because it is a great short film–a great short story–about a human making a wrenching decision. And it is about the protagonist’s will to power. And, as Cortazar instructs it must, it wins by KO<\/a>.
\nSo, watch this now. Please.
\nREDACTION on Vimeo<\/a>
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