More man-hating drek

Rating: 1/10 (30 December 2013)

I watched this alleged comedy last night (0r as much of it as I could bear) due to its mighty reputation. As a comedy it is poor but there is something more sinister hidden in the subtext that no one is mentioning.
Anchorman, along with all other Judd Apatow films I have had the misfortune to see (40 year Old Virgin, Knocked up) buys into the feminist narrative unquestioningly (this is Hollywood AKA Liberaltown after all). All the men are depicted as incompetent morons, while the women are sexy, smart and capable of anything. Now it used to be the case in sex comedies that both sexes were evenly matched, usually equally screwy. This was the case from Grant/Hepburn to Moore/Minelli. Now, since the rise of femo-fascism, even mild criticism of females is forbidden, while caricaturing of males as gross stereotypes has gotten worse. The gulf between the two is not conducive to comedy.
The moron men present themselves in front of this successful woman and are one by one, ritually humiliated. Yet, despite being surrounded by these male losers, the 'comedy' needs the smart sexy woman to fall in love with one of them, always unbelievably implausible. Then it falls apart due, naturally, to him being a jerk.
The real story here is not 'Anchorman' at all but 'Anchorwoman'. It is a fiction of how a woman must break into a 'man's world', come up against 'sexism' and emerge triumphant. We are told, that there was a time in cable news when only men read the news. This is a fantasy which only exists in Liberals imagination. In reality women were reading the news long before cable TV and cable news broadcasters included women readers from the start.
One particularly objectionable scene is when Applegate takes over the anchor for the first time. She is surrounded by a braying pack of men, pulling down their pants, snorting their derision and generally trying to put her off. In what sort of parallel universe would that happen? In reality it is a man's natural instinct to try and help an attractive female.
Men, never forget that Hollywood hates you.