EssenceOfThought | How Film Often Fails Victims Of Rape - A Feminist Analysis of Netflix’s Bulbbul @EssenceOfThought | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 4 hours ago
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*Timestamps*
02:50 - A rundown of the film’s plot.
09:41 - How Bulbbul reinforces ableist bigotry.
13:03 - The Media Law of Opposites and the Neurodivergent Predator.
16:29 - How ableist depictions result in physical violence.
17:47 - How ableist depictions are used to glorify police brutality.
19:02 - How ableist depictions result in a reduction of rights.
20:34 - How ableist depictions result in self-policing behaviour aka masking.
23:19 - Mahendra was also a victim of rape.
24:36 - Rape by Proxy and how it relates to Mahendra’s situation.
27:38 - How this film judges victims of rape as being guilty
31:11 - Bulbbul’s on-screen rape was entirely gratuitous.
33:05 - How Bulbbul effectively gives Indranil’s child rape a free pass.
35:53 - Addressing the damaging way the scene was shot.
38:33 - The problems with the film’s narrative of lost innocence.
43:42 - How the film fails to allow Bulbbul the chance to heal.
45:15 - Bulbbul’s lukewarm feminist message sets the bar dangerously low.
49:23 - How the movie fails to tackle rape culture.
50:52 - Conclusion & outro.

*Quick References*
[1] Disabled World (2020) "What Is: Neurodiversity, Neurodivergent, Neurotypical", Disabled-World.com
Accessed 12th July 2020;
disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/neurodiversity

[2] Megha Mehta (2020) "Netflix’s Bulbbul Review — A Feminist Fantasy Or A Feminist Failure?", FeminismInIndia.com
Accessed 8th July 2020;
feminisminindia.com/2020/06/26/bulbbul-review-feminist-film

[3] World Health Organisation (2020) "Rehabilitation Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Assistive Technology Disability Data Publications Violence Against Adults and Children With Disabilities", WHO.int
Accessed 16th July 2020;
https://www.who.int/disabilities/violence/en/

[4] Justin Ellis (2016) "Media Missing the Story: Half of All Recent High Profile Police-Related Killings Are People with Disabilities", RudermanFoundation.org
Accessed 1st August 2020;
rudermanfoundation.org/media-missing-the-story-half-of-all-recent-high-profile-police-related-killings-are-people-with-disabilities

[5] Iris Chang (1997) “The Rape of Nanking”, Penguin Books, pp. 95

[6] Innuendo Studios (2020) "Bringing Back What's Stolen: Suffering", YouTube.com
Accessed 8th July 2020;
youtube.com/watch?v=KGlZGFpGnRU

[7] Netflix India (2020) "Bulbbul | Official Trailer | Tripti Dimri, Rahul Bose, Avinash Tiwary | Netflix India", YouTube.com
Accessed 4th August 2020;
youtube.com/watch?v=4MGReT9-cAg

[8] New International Version (2011) “The Bible”, Deuteronomy 22:28-29

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