Review: The Post

[briarwood]

The parallels between the story of the Pentagon Papers and the current political climate in the USA are almost too obvious. It’s no secret that this movie is, in effect, Spielberg’s statement on that. I didn’t want another film to make me angry this week. Also I have a real dislike of true-life movies where everyone already knows the ending (Titanic - spoiler: the ship sank! And in this case, it’s one of the most famous First Amendment victories in history. Even this ignorant Brit knows it.) But Spielberg rarely puts out bad movies and his cast here is worth the price on its own.


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Comments

[unbelievable2]

I enjoyed your review of The Post and am looking forward to seeing the film myself.

I just wanted to query one line of your account, where I think you say something like Katie Graham only being mentioned once in ATPM and it's in a sexualised, abusive way (sorry, if I go back to check now I'll lose this post!).

I remember that line well - about getting her t*t caught in a wringer. Okay, so this was over 40 yeas ago and it was a world of men, but I believe that particular expression is quite old, and is more about being caught in an uncomfortable, difficult situation than conveying any kind of sexual or abusive threat.

[briarwood]

In the world before internet, far fewer of our common expressions crossed the pond. So while I’ve certainly not heard it before, you may well be right.

It’s still a sexualised and misogynistic image, though, and the phone call in the movie came across like a threat to me (its an if/then statement “if you publish, then this is what will happen”). I don’t know. It still seems on the wrong side of disgusting to me.