Dr. Laura Robinson
@LauraRbnsn
@NTReviewPod. Also on BlueSky (same handle). PhD New Testament, Duke. Follow for New Testament, theology, crochet, pop culture, excessive cat documentation.
So... this story is pretty bananas. I've been wanting to do this interview for about a week now but I was really struggling to figure out how to make it what I wanted to be: a story about someone who felt compelled, and acted on those convictions, to show Christlike love for
The weirdest thing about the subplot of the white protestors bawling out the deputy sheriff for being a traitor and saying “you should be with us” is it turns out they kind of accidentally have a point in the end.
gotta say, people saying the left is depicted as worse than the right in Eddington is strange. yeah the BLM protesters are portrayed as annoying/focused on appearing good rather than being good, and the elected dems are corrupt… meanwhile every rw person in the film is a psycho
I think this is basically true but the last hour is so utterly bizarre it seems message free
I do think Eddington hones in on the uncomfortable reality that if you don't have a clear ideology and you're an opportunist, you can kinda latch onto anything. I don't think that's a centrist take, we've seen this all the time