‘Promising Young Woman’ and the Fallacy of the “Nice Guy” – scribbles of stage and screen

Content Warning: Discussion of sexual assault.

In Promising Young Woman, Writer/Director Fennell uses the familiar character type of Ryan (sweet, funny, unthreatening boyfriend), to argue that ‘nice guys’ who are complicit in the sexual harassm…

Editor’s Note: Reposted from another blog.. This article was originally published on Screen Queens, with editing by Megan Wilson.

Source: ‘Promising Young Woman’ and the Fallacy of the “Nice Guy” – scribblesofstageandscreen