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I was trying not to spoil too much but the demon Paimon is a demon not a mediocre white man, the supposedly contemptible white male dies in pain and horror and his body is then used against his will, hardly a triumph.



for the purposes of satisfying the conditions this article is trying to adhere to it doesn't matter that it's the demon in the body now instead of the man, it matters that the male body was chosen over others.

however, if we do consider the demon, the movie has this to say about it:

1. A sentence underlined in pencil reads: "Paimon is Male, thus covetous of a male human body."

2. ... We’ve corrected your first body and give you now this healthy male host. ...

maybe the author is trying to say something about the demons masculine preference (it is covetous of, not dependent on - it was in Charlie first) & how that relates to theirs and others experiences in academia when it comes to preferential treatment; and that just male-ness seems to be important absent of any other qualifiers? after all the women in the movie more or less do all the work to appease Paimon - wouldn't the greatest reward as a devotee be to act as his host? maybe i'm crazy but it's been interesting to think about.

[ quotes from script: https://assets.scriptslug.com/live/pdf/scripts/hereditary-20... ]




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