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COURTESY OF NETFLIX / SUZANNE TENNER/NETFLIX / Peacock / Courtesy of Prime / David Astorga Television has recently been preoccupied with evil moms, or at least that’s who they appear to be at first glance. In Zoe Kazan’s sweeping adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden,” Lee (Hoon Lee), the Trask family’s domestic servant and surrogate father to the twin boys Aron (Joe Anders) and Cal (Joseph Zada), offers a poignant reflection. “There’s a beauty in the truth, even if it’s a dreadful beauty,” he says. Often, we evade or step around the facts. But dishonesty, no matter how innocent, is extremely harmful. The truth is that the world has rarely, if ever, been a safe space for women. To come of age in a patriarchal and violent society is a horrific thing. It corrodes the mind. It also forces girls and women to choose between two distinct paths. You either lean into male-centeredness or shun it entirely. Unfortunately, because patriarchy is a system that cannot be usurped, whether you lean toward it or try to burn it down, you will always be seen as monstrous by someone.
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