![]() ![]() ![]() Douthat’s actual film criticism, however, is somewhat overdrawn. When considered a précis against the lack of theological imagination known as Pantheism, Ross Douthat’s piece in the New York Times (which he expands in an interview) is characteristically brilliant. “Right-wing attacks on Avatar,” explains Ann Marlowe at Forbes, “show a frightening tone-deafness to what most Americans find inspiring…” As a Rorschach test by which to investigate the concerns of its conservative reviewers, Avatar rewards reflection. ![]() And yet, responses to the film are revealing enough to extend the lease on the discussion-not to understand Avatar as much as to understand the state of American conservatism. The quality of the script is sufficiently thin to justify impatience with extended engagement. Americans may soon be, if they aren’t already, sick of hearing about the blockbuster film Avatar. ![]()
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