Monday, January 2, 2012

Karina Longworth on The Iron Lady

Oh, Karina Longworth you put it so much better, here's her great take on The Iron Lady's gender politics, whitewashing of history and detestable use of montage.
Ruthlessly exploiting recent history to lend weight to a standard-issue mom-romcom question, The Iron Lady asks: Is it possible to be a ballbusting, barrier- (and barrister-) breaking lady politician and still maintain some semblance of a family life without literally losing one's mind? The answer the film offers is a resounding "no" — and then it asks you to believe that this is the true tragedy of Thatcher's life.

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