The Problematics
Not all movies age like a fine wine. Enter: The Problematics. As social mores continue to evolve and change, this series puts some of cinema’s most memorable films under a microscope and determines whether or not their themes, performances, and overall craftmanship outweigh their often outdated sensibilities.
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Recreational drug use is a sticky wicket, as they say.
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The Problematics: Are the Progressive Bonafides of 1982's 'Victor/Victoria' Still Valid?
You can't please everyone. -
300 broke Glenn Kenny's brain.
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The Problematics: 'Pretty Woman', A Date Movie Wherein Prostitution Looks Positively Quaint
To its credit, the movie never lets the elephant in the room leave the table, such as it is. -
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The Problematics: 'Reservoir Dogs,' Quentin Tarantino’s Blistering Sundance Film Festival Debut, Turns 30
When these actors are trying to one-up each other, there’s NOTHING they won’t say. -
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The Problematics: 'National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation' is Maybe More Family Friendly Than You Remember
Calling these jokes "classist" is kind of giving them too much credit. -
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The Problematics: 'I Am Sam' Proves That Depiction Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Illumination
Change isn't easy. -
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The Problematics: Examining Roman Polanski's Traumatized Take On 'Macbeth', Financed By None Other Than Hugh Hefner
For this film, you need not consider separating the art from the artist. -
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The Problematics: Is 'Diamonds Are Forever' The Most Objectionable James Bond Picture?
The very character of James Bond embodies a corrupt fantasy. He is inherently a Problematic. -
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The Problematics: 'What’s Up, Tiger Lily,' Where Woody Allen Eats an Apple During a Striptease (!)
You might even plotz. -
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The Problematics: The Supposedly Good-Hearted Nostalgia of 'Porky's' Ain't What It Used To Be
The movie persistently returns to cartoonish sex japes that barely split the difference between Playboy and Hustler. -
Shallow Hal is something worse than a "problematic": It's a spectacle devoid of any genuine feeling or perspective.
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The Problematics: 'Carrie' Explores Teen Sexuality Through Brian De Palma's Overtly Male Gaze (And Lots Of Pig Blood)
A large part of what makes De Palma’s Carrie potentially problematic is also a source of its unsettling power. -
Which, in an unexpected twist, imbues the movie with a particular kind of integrity.
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Do ya feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?
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The Problematics: '48 Hrs' Is An Action Classic That Turns Out To Be Smarter About Race Relations Than We Gave It Credit For
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The Problematics: Does 'American Psycho' Still Retain Its Power To Shock After Having Been Fully Fetishized By Wall Street Bros?
Mr. Big or Patrick Bateman: Which big city caricature do today's Masters of the Universe aspire to be? -
What are you gonna do? Arrest me for smoking?