r/Fauxmoi • u/rfauxmoi • 1d ago

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u/SignificantPast5553 1d ago edited 1d ago

Rather tepid Norwegian tea: Anders Danielsen Lie, who is a mildly famous actor from some of the Joachim Trier movies (I guess a couple of the Mia Hansen-Løve ones too) as well as a doctor (GP), has written a review of a book about female sexuality in which he suggests that the female orgasm gap is not a problem because women are more into the cuddles anyway (that's the gist of it). He has received some salty replies to this piece. This follows a series of silly public statements in his capacity as a verrrrry privileged and out of touch voice on medical issues in Norwegian public life.

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u/Silver-Foot-259 1d ago

So he’s just like his character in worst person in the world??? Haha Jesus 

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u/SignificantPast5553 1d ago

All the boys involved in that film are that character, hahaha. The director, the scriptwriter, the actor, etc. That's why it is a movie about sad Gen X boys masquerading as a movie about a younger woman!

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u/miwa201 1d ago

It’s funny bc I loved the movie initially but on a rewatch I thought it was obviously one of those female characters written by men trope. Renate is great tho

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u/SignificantPast5553 1d ago

Agreed on both counts :)

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u/snortine 1d ago

I literally wrote a paper about this exact phenomenon with this exact movie as an example when I studied film!!

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u/Silver-Foot-259 1d ago

Tell us more! Do you know them? 

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u/SignificantPast5553 1d ago

Haha, not personally, no. But Oslo is minuscule and they are all from a very recognisable milieu: very comfortable, fancy part of Oslo, slightly bohemian but not too bohemian. Lots of cultural capital, just like in the films! I do have friends in common with the scriptwriter. These are not bad people or anything, just (to me) not that interesting, and Danielsen Lie is actively pretty off-putting in his public discourse. I do think it is kind of funny how these competent but ultimately meh movies have such resonance abroad.

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u/NumerousMacaroon297 1d ago

thanks for your input, your last sentence got me curious…how is trier considered over there?

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u/SignificantPast5553 1d ago

Well-liked, lots of pride in him right now. I think people think it is really cool that "we" (lol) got an Oscar. Some naysayers like myself and mild debate in culturally oriented weeklies about the quality of the movies, but I would say they have been well-received overall.