User:SPark0141/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaiden

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
From the Academic disciplines category, I went to the "Communications studies" subcategory, and within that category, I found the "LGBT portrayals in mass media" subcategory. Because I have a strong interest in this very topic, I chose the article for The Handmaiden, which is one of my favorite movies of all time that focuses on the complicated relationship between two women. This particular movie was a hit globally but had a stronger cultural impact in South Korea due to the country's conservative nature. Like most Wikipedia pages for films, the structure of the article includes a synopsis, a brief summary, production and release, and how the film was received by the audience, in said order.

Evaluate the article
I found all the information in the article to be relevant, and nothing in particular distracted me. While I think the "Critical Response" subsection could have been better worded, that may be more of the bias speaking from within rather than a particular grammar-related opinion. I am aware that the sexual scenes in this movie caused much discourse between people who dub it "pornographic lesbianism," as the critic cited in the article worded it, and people who see it more as an extension of the constant performing the two women have done to others and themselves all their lives. However, I'm not sure if that particular wording has a place in a Wikipedia article as I find that particular phrase problematic. I don't see any equity gaps since this is a Korean movie with a primarily Korean cast, and while there is potentially problematic wording, I think it isn't a phrase that is problematic enough to the general public to be edited out of the article.

The article can be considered neutral because it shows critics who both liked and disliked the show while also showing how well the movie did in the box office both in Korea and globally through good sources. I think it would be helpful to have more viewpoints of how the LGBT community received the movie, but I also think it would be difficult to find those viewpoints on a site that is considered a good, unbiased source.

The links I clicked on all worked, and after some skimming, the sources all seemed to speak on the same information that is cited in the article. I am uncertain as to whether every single reference is a reliable reference, as I have never heard of some of these websites before, but that might be the lack of information on my part. All biased comments are cited accordingly as reviews from critics on famous sites, and I do like that there are sources from both Korean and English sites, as well as Korean-to-English article translation sites, because it shows the diversity in the sources of information.