"Kabir Singh"-film or not?
In this article, we shall explain why Kabir Singh is neither acceptable nor art in any form. 1) The problem is not showing violence against women. That's obviously a very real depiction of the society we live in. The problem is how you show it. If you show sexual violence from the perspective of the perpetrator, as a 'quirk' of the character, then it's problematic. When you show it from the perspective of the victim, the telling of it is vastly different. It all depends on whose side the writer's sympathies lie on - the abuser or the victim. And that sympathy is not left to the interpretation of the audience, no sir. The intention of a scene (and what it wants the audience to feel) is built up not just by physical actions of the characters but also the dialogue, background music, consequences of the scene. To break it down, one would feel differently about sitcoms like FRIENDS if the laughter-tracks would be replaced by soap-operatic music. One wou...