Much of Martin Scorsese’s work revolves around the male psyche and male characters. Many often critique this singular focus, often overlooking the female perspectives, feminine subtext, and context of his films. Though Scorsese has a clear penchant for depicting male centralized pictures, his features would be nothing without his conscientious inclusion of the feminine paradigms, characters, and personas in his work. Yes, there is a predominantly male focus in the majority of his movies, but there is also a balanced female counterpoint in these pieces that remain integral and pertinent to the final, conclusive product. To say that Scorsese is ‘sexist’ or ‘misogynistic’ is absurd - to describe some of his male characters with the latter adjectives is perfectly fine. He is merely depicting and portraying worlds that he knows and, since people love to talk about what they know, or - in this case - creatively film what they know, it is fitting that someone with such a unique and rare comprehension of the world deliver that knowledge in his work.
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