âSo instead of showcasing the specific treatment we were told of it, which is the contrary philosophy of most filmmaking (show, donât tell)â
demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the idea behind âshow, donât tell.â I would argue that Mad Max: Fury Road DOES show us how the Wives were treated by Immortan Joe. However, it chooses not to do so in the obvious way (which would be showing the abuse), but rather by showing us in other ways.
Weâre shown the message the Wives leave behind: âWe are not things,â from which we can infer thatâs exactly how theyâve been treated for God knows how long.
Weâre shown that they wear flimsy white fabric that leaves their bodies on display, unlike pretty much everybody else in the film.
Weâre shown them using boltcutters to rid themselves of chastity belts, devices which pretty much exist solely to remove a womanâs ability to choose her sexual partners.
Weâre shown rage from the Dag when, even though time is of the essence, she takes the time to run back and kick one of the discarded belts as hard as she can before running back to join the others at the War Rig.
Weâre shown Angharad using her pregnant body to shield Max and Furiosa from Immortan Joe, because she knows beyond a shadow of a doubt he wonât shoot her or her unborn child because he still views her as his property.
We hear Furiosaâs âRemember me?â before she kills Joe, and thereâs so much fury and anger in those two words that you know she was a Wife before she was an Imperator.
We ARE shown what happened to the Wives. The issue lies in thinking that the only way to show that they were abused is to show the abuse itself. And as MM:FR demonstrates, that isnât the case.
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