Bling Ring: This is the way the American empire ends. Not with a bang, but with “Whatever”.
The housebreakers of Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring
The media is supposed to call out these superficial idiots, but they’re too busy pandering to the superficial idiots in the audience. Instead of asking, “How could you do this?” they ask, “When you met someone you had robbed, wasn’t it, like, awkward?” Those who see the shallowness and venality of their actions are punished, while the warped and clueless are celebrated in the media.
Our review is finally up at InterAksyon.com, minus the T.S. Eliot reference in the title.
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July 13th, 2013 at 10:19
Thanks! I can’t wait to see this movie.