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I understand the need for challenging art but I prefer to leave the cinema feeling elated
Being on tour means that I can indulge in grown-up cinema experiences, but simply within the band of films that my spouse would not like to see, too. We have a nice ongoing thing where we agree to watch films together, never have the time or childcare to do it, and so never watch the movies. It’s a lovely tradition.
So, on tour, I went to see Joker. Once I had get past my initial fury at having to pay a lot of fund to be advertised to for over half an hour( much of which was telling me how great the cinema that I’d already bought a ticket to be in was ), I resolved down to watch Joaquin Phoenix deliver one of those award-winning performances that has everybody raving about how it’s going to win Oscars, before the inevitable backlash, part of which has suggested that this film isn’t just dark, it’s dangerous.
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