Who has actually seen this movie?

After reading the three different interpretations of gender from authors Kornhaber, Garber, and Gilbert I would say Kornhaber had the strongest evidence. Although I had a bit of a difficult time following the scenes they were describing for I have never seen the film, Kornhaber had the deepest analysis. Unlike Gilbert who claimed, “It’s a movie that celebrates the fact that it doesn’t want to make you think—there’s nothing to pick apart in the car ride on the way home…” Kornhaber points out the underlying politics involved in the movie Magic Mike XXL. Kornhaber states, “Between the Mike franchise and 50 Shades of Grey, we’re watching the formation of a would-be-blockbuster genre, one that celebrates and profits from the sexual appetites of people other than straight men.” Sex scenes, nudity, and women are portrayed in countless movies. What makes Magic Mike XXL unique is the appeal to women that it has.. Male strippers are now the ones being objectified. Kornhaber provides the strongest evidence by supporting his claims with scenes in the movie. For example, he claims that the men in the movie are not afraid of being labeled as feminine. He then provides support by explaining how violence (the punch to the face) was looked down upon while talking about their feelings were encouraged. On the otherhand, Gilbert had the weakest evidence. She states, “In a cultural landscape where we’re continually obliged to dissect things by going over them ad infinitum, it’s pretty refreshing to have a movie that’s so seemingly free of nuance.” She doesn’t go into detail of the politics involved in this movie. Her point of view is light-hearted. I also want to mention that in Garber’s article she talks of the women characters in the movie and states, “you could see her as being, like so many other women in this movie, simply a kind of object; you could also see her “performance” in that show, though, as the film’s acquiescence to her wishes.” I feel this is contradictory because the male strippers are also constantly being objectified every time they perform.