50 Shades: The Movie | Clarissa's Blog

50 Shades: The Movie | Clarissa's Blog The notion that the female character is necessarily earnest and thus requires deep connections and “real asian ships” (not like the Korean ferry disaster) is one of the mainstays of American culture. I believe it may also be a British notion to some lesser extent. It’s definitely not part of French culture, which is why I find their cultural products so liberating. I have found in the past that when I have been ironic or joking around Americans, they become not just a little unsettled but completely mentally disturbed. It’s not part of their views that women behave in this way. I must be a non-woman or a damaged and violent woman or something outside of their frame of consciousness. But watch a French movie and there are all sorts of people behaving ironically. It really isn’t intended to put anybody down or to make a man feel less than a man. My mannerisms and behavior have nothing to do with somebody who isn’t me. But the Americans latch on to this notion that women need real asian ships. We have to form them with all and sundry and in a docile and respectful way. Anything sexual is particularly hateful to the ideologically fixed consciousness. Somehow it indicates things being out of control. But the French seem to segue their sexual imagery into their general narratives without any difficulty.