Rain Man opens with a scene which could be the picture definition of “toxic.” Toxic workplace, toxic masculinity. Tom Cruise, the wheeler-dealer son a multimillionaire is yelling at people in order to make a profit on some lamborghinis. The EPA (which stars more prominently as arch-villain in another Reagan-era hit: Ghostbusters) is holding things up.Continue reading “The Politics of Rain Man”
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Will there be blood?
There Will be Blood is a piece of myth-making about America and about masculinity. The myth it tells about America is that it is the product of fanatical individuality, the fierce will of the strongest, that the problems with our society stem not from something systemic or collective, but from the tragic flaws of greatContinue reading “Will there be blood?”
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