On Art, Commercialism, Deadpool 2, and A Culture Of Violence
<p>On Thursday night, I went to see <em>Deadpool 2</em>. Like many millions of Americans these days, I love a good superhero movie — especially since I have been reading comic books since I was five years old — but I very emphatically did not enjoy the first outing of the B-list Marvel character in 2016. I found its particular brand of cynicism — gleeful violence punctuated by sardonic quips from Ryan Reynolds — off-putting and depressing. So I was not particularly excited to sit through its sequel. But I am admittedly a sucker for being able to participate in the conversation around zeitgeist-y movies, and my friends were going, so at the very least, an opening night screening at my neighborhood theater presented an excuse to get out of my apartment and hang out with them for a couple of hours. This is, of course, how these mindless fantasy entertainments have become the ubiquitous cultural behemoths of our time: by beating us into submission.</p>
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