The film has been called a dangerous manifesto for young white men...
The fact that critics — mostly women — are facing the wrath of) doesn't surprise me. Unfortunately for women who write things on the internet, threats come to with the gig, particularly when the thing you are writing about is comic book movies. In Hagi's case, being called a"reverse racist" is nothing new for critics of colour, especially women critics of colour. But it’s still infuriating. One reader didn’t understand why Hagi brought up race at all in her essay.
Some may argue that it’s unfair to equate a fictional character to real-life terrorists or that it shouldn’t be the responsibility of a filmmaker to make only safe art that can never be misinterpreted or glorified by violent people. Similarly, criticshave the right to analyze that movie as a part of the culture in which it was made, and we have every right to express if and why a film makes us uneasy.I’m expecting some blow back myself. That’s okay.
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