Does anyone else think TMKOC doesnt get enough flak for being a a extremely regressive show ?
Obviously the producers and the set environment is toxic and unsuitable for women so I am not surprised that the on screen dynamics reflect that but it still irks me off . I havent really watched much of it though so I could be wrong . it’s honestly hard to ignore how weirdly sexist it is once you stop looking at it as “just a wholesome family show.”
Every single family in Gokuldham basically runs on the same structure:
men work, women stay home. No character ever goes “hey, why is all the housework automatically the woman’s job?” It’s just accepted as default. Popatlal has ranted about not being married a lot and he always talks about how having a wife means he'll have someone for chores and kids ( not company)
All the women are constantly shown cooking, serving food, cleaning, waiting for their husbands. Even the way scenes are framed makes it obvious who the “main” characters are. Women are always assigned a work in crisis , do X while we do Y etc , they never let the women go anywhere even to places as basic as a police station despite men always messing it up.
Popatlal is another thing that just gets brushed off as comedy. His entire character is “I want to get married.” And the way the show handles it is high key uncomfortable if you think about it for more than 2 seconds. He always goes for much younger women and thinks about getting married if the women as much as ask a address from him.
Yeah, once in a while they’ll do a “women empowerment” episode or give some speech about respect. But then literally the next episode it’s back to the same women in the kitchen, men sitting and being served. Its a running gag that other men make of someone like Bhide who helps around a bit and he is extremely flustered by it.