The Red Pill (Film)/YMMV


 * Critical Backlash: Several groups, including some radical feminists, have condemned the mere existence of the film as propaganda. Conversely, other feminists (and, for example, MRA's) are unhappy with the film for making a clear distinction between the legitimate Men's Rights Movements and the supposed men's rights activists who identify with the label as a cover for misogyny.  A couple of news outlets even pushed back against the documentary.  For example, when Cassie Jaye went to Australia, she was interviewed about her film by the Australian TV show "Sunrise" on Channel 7 and  "The Project" on Channel 10.  The newsanchors on "Sunrise" criticized several aspects of the film regardless of Cassie's responses before admitting during the interview that they hadn't watched it before claiming it wouldn't work on google, then claimed they tried and failed to access it when Cassie pointed out she had emailed it to them a month in advance of the interview.  The interview panel for The Project was similarly hostile to Cassie.
 * Don't Shoot the Message: Though the Men's Rights Movement is more controversial than feminism and the film's production values are questionable, there are also grievances that only men suffer and double-standards against men (some of the latter also being in women's favor).
 * Overshadowed by Controversy: While the finished product is intended to be sincere and even-handed, this has proven a very polarizing movie. Many radical feminists don't like it for giving a voice to their "opponents" and consider Cassie Jaye a Category Traitor because she was a feminist woman who stopped being a feminist after considering her research for this film.  It's telling that the mere making and releasing of this film provoked fierce backlash and turned into a polemic debate over gender politics, freedom of speech, gender-based double standards, and the merits and flaws of both movements.  There is often less discussion of the actual content of the film than of its motive and its director.


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