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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
That may well be your view of the state of America, but that is something you carried into the movie vs. what the movie was trying to say IMO. I’m not arguing the movie wasn’t set in America, and it wasn’t showing what a Civil War would feel like it. But it was less cautionary tale and more about creating a visceral experience of war journalism. In this regard the “civil” war was more plot device than anything.
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Garland has stated multiple times that overt messages aren't his thing. Yet there are multiple lines of Lee's dialogue that downplay her and her colleagues' importance - at least, in the big picture.
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