In Don't Worry Darling, the men in power provide the illusion of equality, but Wilde's press run suggests she sees Victory as some sort of feminist utopia. He prioritises his wife's pleasure in their numerous sex scenes. We see him fumble around the kitchen as he fails to cook a roast dinner, donning a dainty apron that contradicts his traditional masculine appearance. His character is even more muddled by the performative displays of feminism that Wilde has touted. It’s as if Jack had to be “uglier” to make his misdeeds more understandable – as if the everyday regular guy couldn’t possibly harbour regressive thoughts like those. Like the cursed version of Harry’s 2015 One Direction era. In Victory, he’s a sophisticated, suit-wearing Brit with perfectly coiffed hair, but in the real world, he looks like the stereotypical basement-dwelling Reddit user in a greasy wig. (Wilde noted that the character is based on Jordan Peterson, the right-wing psychologist who the director described as a “pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community.”)īy centring Don’t Worry Darling around incels, it feels like it’s positioning misogyny as an extremist ideology held by few men. Sitting by his computer, he trawls through Discord servers and listens to a podcast hosted by the Victory Project’s leader Frank ( Chris Pine). As Alice heads to bed, we see him fall down the far-right rabbit hole. Styles’ character essentially amounts to an incel, a man who believes that he’s been robbed of happiness because women can go out into the workforce. The “go make me a sandwich man”, basically. See /privacy for more information.Don’t Worry Darling positions itself as a feminist thriller that takes aim at antiquated, sexist ideologies. Sign up to our newsletter to get updates first:
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