REVIEW - 12 Years a Slave
It has been some time since I have felt the need to steel myself prior to watching a film. Part of this is being a human being who knows that they’re about to encounter something horrific. Part of it is the fact that I get nervous when large groups of white people like a film about black suffering, and “12 Years a Slave” is probably the most lauded
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I planned to see it this weekend.
There are some movies that, had I known a bit beforehand,I would not have
*driven a vehicle* to go see them because the aftermath is so disorienting, or it would have been
helpful to have walked before doing something normal.
Given what I've read so far, I have picked a theater that I can park and then walk to
& it sounds like that will be the right choice.
Thank you for your review.
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" more ironically American (which, considering its cast, is irony on top of irony)" - I wonder whether you could expand on it, please!
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