The Last Jedi: a Leninist uprising against Tyranny!
Feminists praise “The Last Jedi”, with a strong woman leading a revolution. But she is the villain, like those in a similar film: Battleship Potemkin.
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The Last Jedi: girls rule, giving a New Hope to the galaxy!
Summary: Blockbuster films are blockbusters because mirror our hopes and fears. As does The Last Jedi, putting on the big screen the historic power shift now underway in the West. The new Star Wars shows us a galaxy of strong gals. “{Ren is} just another agreeable gal 50 standard deviations above the mean in just about everything.” …
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The Last Jedi: loser Boomers & a new hope from Millennials
Summary:Â The Last Jedi powerfully conveys two major themes of our time, projected with powerful CGI and compelling acting. Critics focus on the acting and CGI, and so usually ignore much of what makes these films a success at the box office. These films are set in a fictional universe, but their dynamics are those we …
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Review of The Last Jedi: a finely manufactured product!
Summary: The Last Jedi is easily the most fascinating film of 2017, rich with insights about who we are and what we have become. This is the first of the reviews to be run here, each giving a different perspective on the film. You can use these to better understand what you have seen — or …
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