{"id":82787,"date":"2023-06-12T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=82787"},"modified":"2023-06-11T15:33:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T19:33:04","slug":"why-modern-movies-suck-the-strong-female-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/06\/12\/why-modern-movies-suck-the-strong-female-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Modern Movies Suck &#8211; The Strong Female Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xPE7-PRL0M8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Critical Drinker<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 10 Jun 2023<\/p>\n<p>One of the most tiresome tropes of the past ten years in moviemaking is the &#8220;Strong Female Character&#8221;. 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