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The Handmaiden, 2016 dir. Park Chan-wook

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I just watched the Handmaiden and y’all, this movie was crazy. Going in, all I knew was this film is critically acclaimed, contains twists of some sort, came out in 2016, and it’s a korean GL. Looking at the cover of it, I thought this was gonna be a realistic, depressing melodrama where the rich girl was to be engaged to an asshole and her abused handmaiden falls in love with her. But it can’t be cuz they’re both girls and it’ll have a sad or bittersweet ending like majority of kdramas. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS WAS.

Whatever expectations and predictions you have going in is pointless. I first heard about this film when Friendly Rivalry was coming out. And people’s reaction to the bathtub kiss in that show made me think it was the first onscreen korean gl kiss, at least in official aired media. So I went into the Handmaiden fully prepared to not get a kiss. OH WE DID MORE THAN KISSING. I was gagged and I’ve heard there’s been complaints that the sex scenes “pandered to the male gaze”. And I can understand that worry, especially since a man directed the film and it came out in sk. But when I was watching it I wasn’t thinking that. All I thought was “oh my god they let explicit lesbian sex be shown in 2016 korean theaters. Oh my god someone’s ahjumma saw girls 69-ing on cam.”

And like, the whole issue this film portrays is that these girls have been objectified by men and are constant victims to the male gaze and are forced to pander men and their sick fantasies. That’s the main criticism the movie gives so I don’t understand why they would purposely bring that mentality to its sapphic sex scenes where the characters free themselves from those chains. I can see maybe cinematography can imply objectification even if that wasn’t the intent but I didn’t think that watching.

Finally, we see straight sex all the time but whenever queer sex is to be portrayed, everyone has to step on eggshells. Yes, you should respect the community of whose story you’re telling but I also think if you wanna display it in its rawness, go for it. Queer women deserve to have their experiences and lives told without diluting it for anyone. Why is every explicit sapphic moment automatically pandering to men? Why are they not allowed to have scenes like that?

Anyway, those are my overall thoughts on that. The plot twists were great, Sookee and Hideko were so big-brained I stood up and applauded. I’m so glad these two women combined their joint slay and screwed over the disgusting men in their lives. Lesbians getting their happy ending in a movie, not common but it’s always possible.

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Kim Min-Hee as Lady Hideko in “Agasshi/The Handmaiden” (Film, 2016).

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝓖𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓮𝔂, ㅤㅤㅤ 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓘 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓐 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽 ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾’𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓜𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓭𝓸𝓮𝓼𝓷’𝓽 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮. ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮, 𝓙𝓮𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓮

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Примерно год назад, моим глазам попался фильм «Служанка» 2016 года выпуска. Боже, сколько эмоций пронеслось надо мной...много здесь тех, кто смотрел эту кинокартину? Почему-то сейчас на меня нахлынули те переживания и чувства, что я испытала за время просмотра этого фильма...некая таинственность и влюблённость. Эта история так вдохновила меня, и не перестаёт вдохновлять. Я хотела бы посвятить ещё очень много своих работ этому фильму.