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Article: Stark mad.(FILM)(Iron Man)(Movie review)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- June 2, 2008
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THE script for Iron Man, this summer's first successful popcorn flick, belongs atop the syllabus for a class that some enterprising film school ought to offer: How to Write Action Movies in a Polarized Climate. Ever since 9/11, and especially since the invasion of Iraq, Hollywood has veered between action heroes who embody the movie industry's left-wing take on world affairs (with the Bourne cycle being the most prominent example) and action heroes who exist at a vacuum-sealed remove from minor matters like the Iraq War and the Islamist threat. The superhero genre has been ideal for the latter purpose, since the cape-and-tights set is famous primarily--at least among ...
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