Movie of the Week: Look Who's Back
Alexa: I love a good political satire, but “Look Who’s Back” just didn’t click with me. I appreciate what it tried to achieve in its critique of media sensationalism and nationalist views, and its warnings that the demons of the past could easily resurface today. But ultimately the movie seemed more concerned with hitting viewers over the head with its key messages than in finding creative ways to convey them. The “Borat” trope of bouncing back and forth between scripted material and man-on-the-street interviews felt stale, and much of the latter was more frightening than funny. I think that’s the key disconnect for me - the context in which I viewed the movie. Given the current state of U.S. politics, I’m just not in the mood to find humor in a dangerous but “entertaining” man being propelled toward an actual position of power by ratings-hungry media and increasingly vocal and disgruntled followers. Joel: I think if I had seen this movie when it came out in 2014 (or had ...