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How Film Often Fails Victims Of Rape - A Feminist Review of Netflix’s Bulbbul

*Transcript & Content Warning* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JobkBWQqkQ2d1ah5Ea7vmNWDsNOwxogT08yji9FHVM/edit?usp=sharing Levi's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4uxo9owLo0Yk9w14WLxITA *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; https://www.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; https://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; https://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; https://www.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; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MGReT9-cAg [8] New International Version (2011) “The Bible”, Deuteronomy 22:28-29 Hi, welcome to the Essence Of Thought YouTube channel! Please help support us and our work! http://www.patreon.com/EssenceOfThought Feel free to follow us on FB, Twitter & Instgram! https://www.facebook.com/EssenceOfThought https://twitter.com/EssenceOfTweet https://www.instagram.com/essenceofproduction/ Art commissioned from M N Starr; https://twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr) All music used has been paid for as part of a royalty free license agreement; https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw4LGQ531oabLWU1TDV2SWszZEE