No, it was certainly deliberate (and a little cheeky), but without any generalized hatred. Zendaya’s Chani just happens to exhibit it and, as such, she cannot realistically be the idealised extremely mature, softly feminine (but realistic and pragmatic because she’s a Fremen still) and self-sacrificial teenager both Muad’dib (another teenager but a princeling infused with excess, inhuman knowledge) and the story need for it to make sense. Paul needs someone of his caliber, but a yin to his yang, and OG Chani is exactly that. The sexes are different and our shortcomings come in different shades: needlessly argumentative and difficult “lippy” is to women what arrogant “mansplaining” or physical and erratical “brutish” is to men, for example. 🤷
Like yappy, but with a disrespectful attitude for no reason. 😅
I’m familiar with the word… I just think it betrays a bit of misogyny. Probably not even consciously.
No, it was certainly deliberate (and a little cheeky), but without any generalized hatred. Zendaya’s Chani just happens to exhibit it and, as such, she cannot realistically be the idealised extremely mature, softly feminine (but realistic and pragmatic because she’s a Fremen still) and self-sacrificial teenager both Muad’dib (another teenager but a princeling infused with excess, inhuman knowledge) and the story need for it to make sense. Paul needs someone of his caliber, but a yin to his yang, and OG Chani is exactly that. The sexes are different and our shortcomings come in different shades: needlessly argumentative and difficult “lippy” is to women what arrogant “mansplaining” or physical and erratical “brutish” is to men, for example. 🤷