Netflix Drops Ladies First Trailer
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- Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming movie "Ladies First" at the end of last week.
- Ladies First stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike and is billed as a "playful satire" about a man who discovers a world ruled by women after a head injury.
- Trailer shows a female pope, Queen’s Cross (formerly King’s Cross), Baron Cohen’s character being waxed, wearing impractical underwear, and being leered at by female cab drivers.
- Ladies First includes a line where Pike shouts, “The delicate sacks that dangle from your body, with the slightest tap sends you weeping to the ground?” in response to a comment about “balls.”
- Ladies First is compared to Mel Gibson’s 2000 comedy “What Women Want” and to the “The Worm That Turned” sketches from “The Two Ronnies,” which also imagined a female‑dominated dystopia.
- Ladies First is directly based on the 2018 French film I Am Not an Easy Man, which itself remade the 2010 short Majorité Opprimée.
- Majorité Opprimée portrays a stay‑at‑home dad subjected to sexual assault and police disbelief, offering a more serious take on the premise than the comedic “Ladies First.”
Why it matters: Netflix expands its upcoming slate with 'Ladies First,' but the reviewer’s criticism of its unoriginal, non‑nuanced satire underscores a gap between the platform’s push for fresh content and the critical perception of its originality. The film’s reliance on recycled premises, echoing older works like 'What Women Want' and 'I Am Not an Easy Man,' further illustrates this tension.
