They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) (nice) venting, discussion (?)

am i reading this correctly, the creators say that women are these beautiful creatures, like horses, that can become so damaged, that they are better off dead?i was nodding along most of the way, oh yeah, poor people doing crazy stuff for food and temporary shelter, show guy being a dick, exploiting them as much as he can, and then he says he's being fairand people watching, throwing pennies, surprisingly, pretty relevant to recent years' reality tv and streaming obsessionand then, oh she has a gun, who will they kill i wonder ... herself?? what??? he's just watching, she can't do it, so he does it ?????? and i feel like we're being told that was the right call

also, i thought a 1000+ hour dance marathon was a crazy exaggeration, but based on a quick search, there were longer ones irl, before they were banned, rightfully