Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyAlex Garland’s “Civil War” has mostly been discussed as a reflection of, and a warning about, America’s current partisan divisions.
Unlike the actual US Civil War, this one doesn’t seem to have any particular racial or racist connotations.
But it’s the same kind of cop out that powers most of Hollywood’s most iconic Vietnam war movies.
Hollywood Vietnam war movies generally aren’t about whether America did the right thing, nor are they about how America’s choices affected people in Vietnam.
Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" (1987), starring Matthew Modine as Joker, is based on the events of the Vietnam war.
Persons:
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CNN, Union, Hollywood, America, Central, Warner Bros
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Chicago, Vietnam, Viet, American, Washington, California, Texas, Hollywood Vietnam, American Vietnam, Hollywood