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Really enjoyed getting insight into the way some well-known musicians think regarding their craft, obviously they're very skilled and talented but limiting the scope of the subjects to four (white) males perpetuates the enduring myth that only men can occupy the realm of musical genius.
Clearly the director tried to make up for it by inserting the female partner of one of the musicians, an artist, who weaves in an out of the narrative as she paints portraits of the genius men.
Honestly. Imagine if the subjects were all women? Their gender would be marked in the title somehow, musical female minds, or musical women. If the word male or men was in the title then fair enough, but as it is not, the assumption is: a musical mind is, by default, male.
Clearly the director tried to make up for it by inserting the female partner of one of the musicians, an artist, who weaves in an out of the narrative as she paints portraits of the genius men.
Honestly. Imagine if the subjects were all women? Their gender would be marked in the title somehow, musical female minds, or musical women. If the word male or men was in the title then fair enough, but as it is not, the assumption is: a musical mind is, by default, male.
- scopesclare
- Feb 5, 2025
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