I genuinely love what you've written like the points you are making are so good and so well worded. The way the male race cars like McQueen have fake headlights reminds me of how actors in superhero movies train. The bodies of the actors are there not for function but for appearance. I think about Chris Pratt, for example, and how his body changed from before Guardians of the Galaxy and after. Before, Pratt was heavier and very visibly not in shape. His body was presented as a joke and not something to be ogled at, something that was not masculine. Pratt changed for the movie, losing weight and becoming very muscular. This change in body changed the public's perception of him, taking him from softy and loveable guy to hot(and then to gross). Muscularity is tied to masculinity as it indicates strength and capability, two traits stereotypically tied to men. The body that Pratt built was for a movie, for his appearance, not for function, and the body was used for appearance. Pratt did not have to use his body like the public that supports his career does but like his fellow rich actor peers. Headlights are a functional feature, so having good, functional headlights would likely be seen as a masculine feature. For a car that is so focused on press and his physical presentation, it would make sense for McQueen to have the appearance of headlights.
I also absolutely love your take on female headlights and how women are encouraged to cover them up. Career women cover up because they need to in a male-dominated world. Flo needs all the respect she can get as a female small business owner in a dying town, and Kori needs as much respect as she can get as a woman working in a male-dominated and oriented industry. If Flo and Kori can get more respect from their male peers by covering up stigmatized feminine traits, then they will. Sally, oppositely, is free from these pressures as she's left behind her career days and she does not have to cover up. The way they are necessary bodily features of these cars means nothing to the broader society, and the only escape that can be granted is by leaving it. The unfortunate downside is that Cars is a movie made by men in 2006, and the patriarchy will impact these cars no matter where they go.
overall i love your analysis it is like the perfect elaboration of what I was trying to say but I just got way to in my own head
I just wrote a 3-4 ish page essay on Pixar cars and their headlights/tits what do I do with this
so real king except it’s one hand on the textbook to my class that has a midterm worth 40% of my grade next week and the other on hannigram fan fiction
One hand on the Bible, one hand on my Joker Mpreg. Fuck! None of you understand what I go through every day.
Need this
the fact that Will was just hanging out in the study while Hannibal sketched?? that is sooo intimate I hate them sm much I need them right at this moment
need this man biblically
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this is so me i havent slept in 2 days
i changed my mind guys whatever's wrong with me really is special and there is no true diagnosis for it. and also im gonna live forever
I NEED THIS SO BAD
My hannibalNBC themed birthday dinner
I love when show runners/creators work with the same actors watching shows ran by Bryan fuller is so fun it’s like a multiverse but for gay losers
he did NOT need to do all that😭😭😭
happy 11th anniversary of this scene to those who celebrate! 🥳🎉
This is what trump and Elon looked like the night after the inauguration
I lose more and more of my grip on reality and my identity daily<3
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