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May 10 • 12 tweets • 10 min read
you guys are going to hate me for this
My latest review for the @FDRLST 🥳

Sam Raimi’s ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Is An Anti-Woke Masterstroke🤯

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the best MCU film since ‘Endgame.’🪄🧙‍♂️
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam… #mcu #doctorstrange #drstrange #DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is the latest entry in the MCU & a direct sequel to the 2016 original.

However, Strange 2 is its own thing continuing the themes from the Disney Plus shows “WandaVision” and “What-If.”
#DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness #mcu #movie
A very cool film,
visually imaginative, well acted & directed,

Among its pantheon of cool, theres the souls of the damned, a Cthulhu monster, and of course everyone’s favorite new Sorcerer Supreme: Benedict Wong. 😎
#mcu #marvel #FilmTwitter @ScottMendelson @SonnyBunch #film
a Sam Raimi film through & through,

Raimi is the guy that did Evil Dead & original Sony Spider-Man trilogy,

his influence in this film is top-shelf, a strong horror influence & a focus on soft character pieces
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam… #DoctorStrange #drstrange #mcu #MoonKnight
big thing thats popular right now is to say that Doctor Strange 2 is woke thin gruel,

another M-SHE-U entry & proof of Disney's devolving formula,

folks like youtubers @TheCriticalDri2 & @YellowFlashGuy both whom i respect & enjoy,
say this among others
(the @TheCriticalDri2 review is pretty great btw,
though i disagree with him, i think its worth a watch)
I see where they're coming from, the potential elements for a woke film are there

seems like Wanda gets off the hook & is another OP mary-sue like character coming off of Wandavision

& theres definitely a moment of woke pandering w/ America's "two moms"
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam…
elements for a potential woke story are all there, but Raimi uses them to tell a decidedly 99% unwoke story.

perhaps most anti-woke superhero adventure ever🤯
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam… #DoctorStrange #DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness @MCU_Direct @RealClownfishTV @Kneon
Instead of a story about how impossibly perfect the female characters are & how awful the men,

we get a conflicted hero, a naïve scared teenager, & a damaged woman who turns her motherly love into an unholy crusade to get what is hers, at the cost of everything & everyone else
Wandas the villan here,

her actions are unforgiveable & Raimi doesnt try to justify her actions, only to explain motivations,

She puts out ideas like the previous quote, but these are hollow excuses & Raimi proves this by showing the destructive consequences of her actions
America Chavez too is handled pretty well, which is surprising cuz her comics version is insufferable,

instead of OP mary sue, we meet a scared teenager unable to control her powers

being forced to confront her naivety & what sacrifice might be required of her to protect others Image

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Peter Pischke-Friendly Neighborhood Journo Profile picture
May 10
i get why some people feel differently

there's a scene early in the 2nd act of the film where Chavez claims that most universes give free food,

some people use this as evidence of wokery,
what they're missing is Raimi excoriiates her social justice claim,

immediately after its shown she's wrong & making assertions based on her short lived experience

a rebuttal on wokeness, not a confirmation
effectively showing her naivety
thefederalist.com/2022/05/10/sam… #DoctorStrange2
That's how Dr Strange 2 operates,

whether its the cameo characters, or Dr Strange or Wanda,

characters make claims & Raimi shows how these characters are wrong in their ideas & philosophy

Not a confirmation of them,
this isn't woke, this is Anti-Woke
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May 9
I like Freddie but I think he is partially wrong,

lumping in autism & ADHD with bipolarism & borderline personality disorder is like trying to lump in cancer with a cold,

these are extremely different disorders & we shouldn't lump them in as all one big thing
I don't have a problem with people with ADHD & Autism find help in online communities, these are people who often suffer not being able to fit in or meet other people like them,

these communities can often be a source of advice & strength & do a lot of good
the problem is when a serious mental illness like Multiple Personality Disorder do get treated as just another quirk,

then these communities can be dangerous & people can learn very damaging things & put themselves & their loved ones in danger
Read 4 tweets
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May 6
Ta-Da!🥳
Here is my weekly @townhallcom Column ✍️

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was Right: Roe v. Wade was always destined for the Scrap Heap🗑️
townhall.com/columnists/pet… @benshapiro @AbbyJohnson @madelineorr #conservative #elonmusk #abortion #prochoice #roe #RoeVWade #RoeOverturned
May be hard for my friends on the left to hear this,

our whole lives we've been told how important Roe v Wade was in giving women the right to abortion via a right to privacy

But this was fiction, the only question for Roe v. Wade was when it would be overturned, not if.
whatever ur opinion on abortion,

Roe v Wade was objectively bad law built upon the weakest case constitutionally

As RBG predicted,
Roe was always eventually going to be overturned
townhall.com/columnists/pet… #politics #RoeVWade @CathyYoung63 @MrAndyNgo @ConceptualJames @amber_athey
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May 3
I understand why the left are worried about the Roe change,

they need to know this day was always going to come,

Roe on its merits is a terribly weak decision & someday a court was going to overturn it just as Ginsburg predicted
nytimes.com/2020/09/21/us/… #RoeVWade #abortion
this isn't just a right-wing thing guys,
honest,

time.com/5354490/ruth-b…
even in the law courses in grad school, this was a discussed open question,

its kinda been quietly recognized the ruling sucked & was extremely vulnerable

which is why if Dems leadership really cared they would have passed some laws ages ago in congress
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Apr 29
a large portion of reporting is just trying to get contact info, there are databases, but they are hit or miss,
#journalism
TBF with the media's record I understand why people abhor all journos everywhere, but honestly, there are a lot of us that do really want to do the right thing with our stories & sources

I've screwed up & made mistakes,
but never intentionally & I don't plan to change that
there is a sort of wilful ignorance that's popular right now,

you see it in pieces where they talk about a story but don't link to it

Well that extends to some writers as well, thinking that audiences couldn't handle the full context lest it undermine their argument
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Apr 29
a bully wrote this
wired.com/story/womans-g…
this article by the new DHS "Disinformation" head is one of the meaner articles in an official publication that I've read in a long time

Look how she disparages fans (who happen to be male) that dare engage w/ her in any way
#dhs #disinformation @ggreenwald @JackPosobiec
why did @WIRED publish this?
this is someone that is just a very mean person
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