Feminist intellectual Camille Paglia has observed that when civilizations are in their final stages their art suddenly goes limp. Heroic portrayals of masculinity are replaced with wan, androgynous figures. These are the artistic signs that a society no longer believes in itself and is vulnerable to cruder forces. The Last Jedi is getting a lot praise for its “progressive,” feminist politics. When I watched it, however, I saw a prime example of what Paglia is talking about. It is bad enough that these “Progressive” ideas ruined The Last Jedi, weighing it down with forgettable characters and a nonsensical plot. What is even worse is what the creation of such a film says about the state of modern western civilization. What do you think?
Selected Sources
Paglia -
http://thefederalist.com/2017/12/12/can-honest-women/
White House Fence Jumper - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-details-in-fence-jumping-reveal-failures-in-security-rings-around-white-house/2014/09/23/043518ea-434a-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.cf61b018a9a7
female officer attempts arrest -
Swedish officers attempt to arrest 1 man
