Tucker
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Just watched The Royal Hotel on Binge.
Really does a good job of painting a picture of how dangerous life can be for women in remote towns.
I’ve been in pubs like that before where women are outnumbered 50 to 1.
Where violence happens casually and often.
Where drinking is the only past time.
They are powderkegs and there is more of them in this country than civilised society should allow.
As for the film itself….not an Oscar contender. Not much of a story, no character development really…not even that entertaining. However it is a good psychological portrayal of what it must feel like to be a young woman working in a pub in the outback that is full of FIFO miners, truckers and loser shitbag locals who spend their entire free time getting loaded and treating them like objects rather than human beings. Mob mentality, peer pressure and alcohol in a remote setting…recipes for disaster.
It’s not a girl empowerment story or some woke man hating flick as I was expecting…it’s a wake-up call. As I said, I’ve been in lots of pubs like this. Sometimes being the boofhead myself, sometimes being the defender and going beserk in the carpark and sometimes ignoring what is happening altogether.
None of which are acceptable.
When you get a few hours inland of the major cities you will find yourself in similar places. I guess the film is asking “would you behave like this”? For the past dozen or so years my answer is no….but I’ve been in pubs a lot longer than that to be fair….
Really does a good job of painting a picture of how dangerous life can be for women in remote towns.
I’ve been in pubs like that before where women are outnumbered 50 to 1.
Where violence happens casually and often.
Where drinking is the only past time.
They are powderkegs and there is more of them in this country than civilised society should allow.
As for the film itself….not an Oscar contender. Not much of a story, no character development really…not even that entertaining. However it is a good psychological portrayal of what it must feel like to be a young woman working in a pub in the outback that is full of FIFO miners, truckers and loser shitbag locals who spend their entire free time getting loaded and treating them like objects rather than human beings. Mob mentality, peer pressure and alcohol in a remote setting…recipes for disaster.
It’s not a girl empowerment story or some woke man hating flick as I was expecting…it’s a wake-up call. As I said, I’ve been in lots of pubs like this. Sometimes being the boofhead myself, sometimes being the defender and going beserk in the carpark and sometimes ignoring what is happening altogether.
None of which are acceptable.
When you get a few hours inland of the major cities you will find yourself in similar places. I guess the film is asking “would you behave like this”? For the past dozen or so years my answer is no….but I’ve been in pubs a lot longer than that to be fair….
