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Maddie Gaw's avatar

Angelica, as always, you write with the playful, curious eye of someone I want to talk about movies all day with. Love your comparison to women's pictures/Margo Channing!

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neesa's avatar

this was such an interesting take and it made me more curious about this film than i have been up to this point. i have certainly fallen into the trap of wanting every piece of media to reflect a specific moral center (which i think is more about my general dissatisfaction and anger with humanity right now), but that tends to spoil my experience of art these days. i feel like you *get* the heart of criticism!

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Angelica Jade Bastién's avatar

All films have morality and politics. BUT my thing is we shouldn't treat them as vehicles for lessons so much as a venue for exploration and considerations. thanks for reading and engaging with my work!

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Noah Stephenson's avatar

YES! Imperfect-social-identity!!! Angelica writes the truth!😋

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Michel A.'s avatar

love LOVE this piece.

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Angelica Jade Bastién's avatar

Thank you so much! I’m really happy with how it turned out and I want to do more focused essays such as this where I recommend something more obscure and dig into it!

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Diana Jordán-González's avatar

This is so good!!!!!!! thank u

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