@MLClark interesting take of “self-congratulatory” for Don’t Look Up & Glass Onion. I smell what you’re cooking & on reflection perhaps they’re both representative of our times; superficial hashtag/bumpersticker style activism of mere representational alignment. I saw “look” being “we’ve met the enemy and he is us” cynicism than self-congratulating.
Glass Onion’s pastiche would’ve been spoiled by messaging heavier than the mostly one dimensional characters could deliver; they were the commentary
(And thanks for
a. reading; and
b. offering counterpoints!
Always love that, and you do the latter so darned well.)
@MLClark 👍☺️thought provoking provokes thoughts.
@MLClark 😀my response is an “and” rather than a “but”. I don’t expect the major studios to be particularly challenging until McDonalds is willing to have Oskar Schindler action figures in a Happy Meal. I know you know what I mean I think.
@CanisPundit
To be clear, I quite enjoyed Glass Onion!
But as you note, it can be self-defeating to take the work that film was doing as anything more than a kind of "superficial hashtag/bumpersticker style activism".
Then again, I'm naturally suspicious of any media that makes it too easy for the audience to feel better by contrast than most of the characters set up to be easy sites of ridicule. If a work is preaching to the choir, you can bet that I'll be checking for stains in the pews.