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To: butlerweave

Only the last 30 sec of the film had anything close to woke.
Pretty non-political except for the obvious discussions about using the bomb.
This was all part of the history at that time.


22 posted on 07/27/2023 8:53:51 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Zathras

Nolan’s an odd one when it comes to politics. He usually doesn’t put much of it in his films, and if he does, he’s not one to make it “in your face” or too obvious. And sometimes you can tell he may be making a political statement, but it’s a bot ambiguous as to which way he is coming down on the issue.

For example, I’d say “The Dark Knight Rises” was his most overtly political film, coming right as the “Occupy Wall Street” protests were happening, with antagonists that mimicked the real world activists’ sloganeering and were basically just engaging in the same activities, but in a more direct and violent way. But does that mean he was endorsing their cause? Or was he trying to show the pitfalls of pursuing that cause “by any means necessary”? After all, these were not the heroes of the film, or even anti-heroes (except for Catwoman, who ended up disavowing the violence and helping the hero fight them in the end). They were clearly portrayed as villains, and unredeemable villains (except for Catwoman).


37 posted on 07/27/2023 9:07:21 AM PDT by Boogieman
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