I watched Where the Crawdads Sing and will probably read the book because I bet that handles the mystery aspects a lot better but one part of the movie really boiled my potato as it was meant to do and I gotta jot this down for later. (Rife with spoilers.)

When homeboy Chase (who we all know is an asshole in preparation for his downfall) just barges into Kya’s house and starts rifling through her stuff and drops her illustrations on the ground like it’s curious trash and then just continues moving her things around… I was ready to kick his ass to the swamp right there. Again, it’s all played to make us really loathe him because he’s invading Kya’s home and the home that we as the viewers hold sacred because we’re with her the whole time, but goddamn it really pushed every button.

I wonder if someone, somewhere sees that and thinks it’s just an assertive guy being a guy, no harm done. But that whole sequence was just one violation of personal space after another and I guess I really, really will not stand for it.

Now I need to see how the book’s going to handle that.