back in the day

I watched North Country over the weekend. It had it's moments. Some powerful emotional moments. I suppose it might be a stretch for me, a dude, to relate to the story, which is mainly about women's rights, but at the core of the movie, it's about the underdog. Without trying to take anything away from the hardship and eventual triumph for women portrayed in the movie, I think anyone who has been truly held back solely for an aspect of their being that was beyond their control, such as gender/race/class, can empathize with the characters of North Country.

And as much as think the hollywood embellishments, the pushing and pulling of the story for dramatic effect, were designed to cause specific reactions in the audience, I'm quite certain the depiction of situations and treatment of women only 30 years ago was fairly accurate. It boggles the mind that this most definitely continues to occur today. (mainland China, I'm looking at you! Just jokes! Ha ha! My best friend is Chinese!);)

This is one of those movies that I believe need to be made every so often. You know, the whole history repeating thing. I definitely recommend this one!


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