I fell in love with Aubrey Plaza when I saw her in The Little Hours. The friend I watched the movie with assumed I knew who she was, but I didn't yet. Not yet, anyway. As a "dysfunctional nun" who tries to join a coven of witches, I was disturbed at how relatable her comment was, along the lines of "Well, I just thought that I could start my own coven and then you could all come and be witches with me." I loved how the movie made fun of the patriarchy and the double standards of the church. I loved how the movie tapped into the human condition of wanting (what we want might vary, but want, we do). I love how the movie made fun of the whole of history all of its contradictions. Was she a villain? There is a sub-thread of the movie built on the assumption that she was a villain, or perhaps possessed by satan, but a "bad guy" in some way, shape, or form. And in the end, she was punished for many offenses, although the punishment wasn't too great, because the man in charge was also sinning. But I don't see her as a villain. I see her as a woman striving to leave behind society's constraints and make her life better, and she's doing the best she can with what she has to work with. Personally, I was inspired!
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