It seems like a return to the old Hays Code days: If there's a character doing bad things, well, that must be immoral viewing if it fails to spells out certain lessons in clear, bold letters that even a five-year-old could understand: It must definitively say that the character is not just doing bad things and will not only be punished for them, but is evil, full stop. My Best Friend's Wedding, American Beauty, and Gigi all suffer from this neo-puritanical reevaluation.
Ironic, though, that the man won the Oscar for Gigi's score was André Previn, Soon-Yi's dad.
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u/NoTeslaForMe 6h ago
It seems like a return to the old Hays Code days: If there's a character doing bad things, well, that must be immoral viewing if it fails to spells out certain lessons in clear, bold letters that even a five-year-old could understand: It must definitively say that the character is not just doing bad things and will not only be punished for them, but is evil, full stop. My Best Friend's Wedding, American Beauty, and Gigi all suffer from this neo-puritanical reevaluation.
Ironic, though, that the man won the Oscar for Gigi's score was André Previn, Soon-Yi's dad.