Amazon Prime's The Boys' rattling cynicism about the human propensity for greed and deception (especially when those humans are "special") is balanced by the series' crackling humor and cockeyed proposition that "normal," clear-eyed folks who give a damn can indeed save the world.
Alternative monitoring of popular culture ~ broadly defined ~ in the pursuit of deeper understanding
Monday, August 5, 2019
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Crime 101
Bart Layton's Crime 101 invites the audience into a world of corruption that is not so different from the real world, where even decent ...
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The release of a new Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) feature film is an event for cinephiles because the decidedly quirky and celebrated auteur...
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