DAVID THOMPSON: Sudden-Onset Womanhood.

From the comments, where a question is asked – and promptly answered:

Regarding which, John D replies,

Hard pass. Here’s an idea – make a good film with a good female character and start your own franchise. Or would that be too much work?

Ah, but then those of a progressive inclination couldn’t piggy-back their Current Year politics onto someone else’s work, established over many decades. Plus, there’s lots of self-congratulatory subverting to be done. All that signalling about how antiquated and tiresome it is to have a white, male hero being daring and heroic. Because hey, nobody wants that.

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