[lbo-talk] Harry Potter, Metritocracy, and Reward

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sun Aug 26 12:59:57 PDT 2007



>"Little Miss Sunshine" is definitely worth seeing. Like most good
>comedies, it skates on the razor's edge of tragedy. It's not really about
>the father, who's one of those hapless go-getters, bamboozled by the
>system's lies, though even he wises up in the end. I won't spoil the
>ending, but the finale was a scream - all these parents are hustling and
>sexualizing their little girls in the worst way, but the daughter upstages
>them all, literally and figuratively. The film is also honest and savvy
>about sexuality, aging, class identity and the violence of class
>relations.
>
I'll second that: best American comedy I've seen since "Best in Show." Though, actually "Best in Show" was more spoof than comedy.

Joanna


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