This movie did deliver on Kate McKinnon: 1) in a suit 2) having vapors over Gillian Anderson's existence 3) getting kicked in the face by a Russian gymnast. I do want the AU where she successfully seduces Nadjedja, or a Morgan/Ashley bff-to-lovers vibe, or her getting with a reluctantly impressed spy leader lady.
What made me feel a little weird though was how they kind of made Morgan Schrodinger's lesbian: she never expresses interest in men, actively dodging male seduction attempts, and she's very very feminist/has Moments with women, but she never gets to express explicit interest in women either.
It reminded me of the article linked upthread about how straight female intimacy excludes queerness, like they were worried about the implication of Morgan being maybe a bit into Ashley even as they drew on the subtext of Kate McKinnon being out irl. I mean, sure, she's an actress, she can play all kinds of roles, but... I wish they'd have had them as a straight girl + gay girl best friendship instead.
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Re: Movies- Spy Who Dumped Me
Date: 2018-08-19 01:14 pm (UTC)What made me feel a little weird though was how they kind of made Morgan Schrodinger's lesbian: she never expresses interest in men, actively dodging male seduction attempts, and she's very very feminist/has Moments with women, but she never gets to express explicit interest in women either.
It reminded me of the article linked upthread about how straight female intimacy excludes queerness, like they were worried about the implication of Morgan being maybe a bit into Ashley even as they drew on the subtext of Kate McKinnon being out irl. I mean, sure, she's an actress, she can play all kinds of roles, but... I wish they'd have had them as a straight girl + gay girl best friendship instead.