We’re “in dire need of revolutionary narratives,” writes
Dan Hassler-Forest. And he grants that a few Hollywood blockbusters have made a stab at it, specifically calling out
The Hunger Games, Rogue One, and
Mad Max: Fury Road. “But Hollywood’s . . .
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