Bombshell (2019)

March 1, 2020 8:49 AM

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.
posted by ellieBOA (2 comments total)

The movie itself is good, but there's a conundrum at its heart: the victims here were the willing, active contributors to a hate-spewing propaganda machine that's currently destroying democracy. Perhaps it's the message here: there are no "lesser" victims, and we should still root for these women (which is made easier by the fact that they're sympathetically played by Theron/Kidman/Robbie), no matter who they were working for. That's interesting, but a little bit uncomfortable.
posted by elgilito at 5:02 AM on March 3, 2020 [7 favorites]

There was a good piece on Buzzfeed about this.
posted by ellieBOA at 6:57 AM on March 3, 2020 [2 favorites]