In the last paragraph of his review of Ryan Murphy‘s The Prom, New Yorker critic Anthony Lane alludes to hinterland loathing of strident p.c. badgering, which we know was a factor that favored President Trump, particularly in the run-up to the 11.3 election.
My reaction to The Prom was mixed-positive. I was just as uncomfortable as Lane was about the
as militant wokester instruction. And yet I melted toward the end because it plucked my parental heartstrings. Anyway…
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