![]() That we now need to keep hold of Three Billboards‘ relevance (however unintentional) to the #MeToo conjuncture, while also needing to hear the growing criticism of the film’s treatment of race, suggests something deeper than mere surface. ![]() However, Three Billboards is a story of sexual violence, in which a woman who is not supposed to have a voice finds a way to speak out, and everyone tells her to shut up. Which is not necessarily an insult – and especially not in the first half of the Coens’ filmography. Tarantino and the Coens are, in their different ways, entirely superficial. Yes, all three/four directors combine violence, black comedy and relishable dialogue being relished, but they all make films that are tonally very distinct. All those comparisons of McDonagh to Tarantino and the Coen brothers are as lazy as they are wrong. Conferences, keynotes, research presentations, plenaries and papersġ.Join 1,395 other subscribers Follow Mark Bould on Publications
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