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One TikTok comedian has zeroed in on a cliché that every woman in Sci-Fi movies, both contemporary and classic, faces.
Caitlin Reilly, who is also responsible for her impressions of the worst people you've ever met, including the girl who bullied you in high school, nailed an impression of how women are written in Sci-Fi movies.
Backgrounded by the music from Interstellar, Reilly delivers a devastatingly accurate performance that doubles as a statement.
Oscar. Frontrunner. https://t.co/STPXB3VMtD— Clayton Davis (@Clayton Davis) 1625417824.0
"I told you a million times, Michael: I can't get married right now...I'm a scientist but I am also a woman. I can'… https://t.co/8yhjGlLPdJ— Emily Daniel (@Emily Daniel) 1625376579.0
This is insanely accurate for every Sci-Fi show or movie I have ever watched. Women's representation in Scifi is… https://t.co/EfY6GNqRmi— ⛓ᴄʜᴀɪɴꜱᴀᴡ 𝐋σ𝓴ί 🪚 (@⛓ᴄʜᴀɪɴꜱᴀᴡ 𝐋σ𝓴ί 🪚) 1625384557.0
You feel bad for laughing because it is SO. TRUE. How women are written in Sci-Fi Movies 👇 https://t.co/nGDTIC3GX7— Dr Melina Georgousakis (@Dr Melina Georgousakis) 1625524879.0
Invoking a similar tone to Amy Adams in Arrival, Reilly savagely satirizes how the sci-fi genre always seems to focus on women either as scientists or as fully realized women with lives outside of their work, but not both at the same time.
She also makes fun of the writing throughout the genre, as her woman has a connection to science through her father (ie Contact and Interstellar), is a poor communicator (a la Gravity or Contagion) and "can't be good at [her] job AND be nice."
The music though https://t.co/15dGiQldHV— Erin Meek (@Erin Meek) 1625687997.0
Sadly in #Interstellar , too. But the main story is the father-daughter bond, so. https://t.co/uxTfUPY04v— Shweta Parande (@Shweta Parande) 1625667226.0
Not that background score 😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/PbBqqo1SGV— M. (@M.) 1625667057.0
I’m a woman but I’m a scientist. Brilliant. https://t.co/WLgPAZ8mOf— TheWhiteDevilT.H. (@TheWhiteDevilT.H.) 1625661249.0
i can't be good at my job and be nice is my favourite quote of the year https://t.co/ObZOxWxZ5H— ً (@ً) 1625657843.0
Reilly is a master satirist, often drawing attention to poor and cliché character depictions of women in drama, such as "The love interest in every teen drama who is giving up on her dreams," as well as a second genre satire of how women are written in action movies.
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Since the sci-fi genre was literally invented by Mary Shelley, with her most famous work Frankenstein, it certainly seems like sdci-fi writers owe their women better.
Otherwise, they are fodder for Reilly's satire forevermore.