Joker & Harley, a partnership made in hell
Suicide Squad, Joker, and Birds of Prey broke the mold of superhero films. A new vision of the Joker is at their heart, powerful because it says something about America’s heart. Let’s listen.
Book, Film, & TV Reviews
Posts about books you might find of interest!
A tour of Harley Quinn’s Gotham
While watching Birds of Prey, I felt that its vision of Gotham might be our future. What might America look like after the collapse of all values? For one answer, Ian Michael takes us behind the scenes of Harley Quinn’s Gotham City.
“Birds of Prey” crashes, burning brightly but boringly.
Since poorly-made films get a billion-dollar box office, Hollywood no longer tries to make good films. “Birds of Prey” is dreck. Its target audience is women of all ages who enjoy seeing women beat up men. Past films have shown this to be a big market in America, so expect to see more of these.
Will eco-activists kill billions to save the world?
A few days ago I asked about scenarios plausible but radical and unexpected. Not the usual ones about tech changes or disasters. Here’s one: Leftists kill billions to save the Earth.
Fourth-wave feminism on TV, shaping a new America
Our films show the media industries building a new America on the ruins of the old. It has been done before; it seldom ends well.