It’s sad, but not altogether surprising that tired cliches and worn tropes, which make even less sense wrapped around a beautiful female lead and a buff male costar, can so thoroughly impress people whose primary job function is to be critical. Last year, Barbie premiered to record box office returns and significant critical acclaim. Reviewers… Continue reading Barbie and the intellectual bankruptcy of the establishment
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Trading Places is the problematic Christmas movie that’s perfect for our era
Dan Aykroyd in blackface? The N-word? Greedy capitalists? A rape by an ape? On the problematic side, Trading Places has it all, but if you look beneath the surface these aspects are all in the service of a downright progressive theme. Of course, the woke are incapable of doing so... To claim Trading Places, the 1983 Christmas comedy starring Eddie… Continue reading Trading Places is the problematic Christmas movie that’s perfect for our era

