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Noel J. Penaflor

GLADIATOR II #Review

Ridley Scott essentially remakes the original Gladiator and hopes after 24 years we won't...notice?
If you're watching for the blood and guts you won't be disappointed but it also feels like you've seen it all before.
See it for the swords and sandals, but a lot of it is derivative.

This Gladiator II (2024) Review Has Paul Mescal Pretending You’re His Daughter from Aftersun! (#LINK Below)

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Gladiator II onesheet
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Flipboard Culture Desk

"Gladiator II" is scheduled to hit theaters across the U.S. next week, about 24 years after the original won the Oscar for Best Picture and Russell Crowe took home the Best Actor award. So, how’s the sequel? @THR says critics give it a (mostly) thumbs up: flip.it/.EH46r
#Culture #Movies #Film #Entertainment #Gladiator2 #Gladiator

The Hollywood Reporter · ‘Gladiator II’: Critics Mostly Give Thumbs Up to Ridley Scott’s Epic Blockbuster SequelBy Kevin Dolak
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24 years ago, Russell Crowe bellowed "Are you not entertained?" and won the Best Actor Oscar. Now, "Gladiator" is getting the sequel no one asked for and the early critical response for "Gladiator II," which stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, has been largely positive. @ew spoke to Washington, Mescal, Pascal, director Ridley Scott and more about casting and making the movie, including why it took so long. "Frankly, we were all busy. So, honestly, no one really thought about it," Scott says. We want to know: Will you be heading back to the Roman empire?

flip.it/h28WY1

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EW.comNow entering the arena: Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal unsheathe 'Gladiator II'Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Ridley Scott, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, and Fred Hechinger take EW inside the epic legacy sequel, 'Gladiator II,' in theaters Nov. 22.
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Chuck Darwin

The GOP, already the party of sexism, is getting more gratuitous with its toxic masculinity.
Everywhere one looked at the convention, Republicans were exalting maleness
with an ardor that reads as "defensive" to outsiders but appears to be a convincing display to those inside the MAGA cult.
The overcompensation led to a grand finale featuring both pro wrestler #Hulk #Hogan and Ultimate Fighting Championship president #Dana #White,
rather than the traditional activists and politicians one hears at a convention.
Hogan declared Trump a "#gladiator,"
which should be funny applied to a doughy senior citizen caked in make-up, -- but appears to have been taken at face value by the RNC crowd.
Along with the James Brown song, Trump used "#Macho #Man" by the Village People as intro music, still indifferent to the irony of the song. 

The boys club vibe spread throughout the convention.
Women were welcome, but only as support staff.
A few years ago, female provocateurs like #Greene were riding high, feeling like they could troll their way into MAGA stardom like their male counterparts.
The message being sent at the GOP's 2024 convention:
It's time for the gals to take a back seat.  
#Kari #Lake, the current GOP senate candidate for Arizona and failed gubernatorial candidate, did not have a good convention.
Her speech was early in the evening on Tuesday, and poorly attended.
Lake, a former newscaster, is not getting the juice she seemed to think would be hers if she rebranded as a MAGA loudmouth.
She did her best, dropping the #Sarah #Palin-associated phrase
"mama bear" liberally throughout her speech.
She even tried to rile up the crowd by yelling "fake news" at the media section.
The two-minute hate fell flat.
There were only a handful of reporters even sitting in the press section. Even Fox News declined to air her speech. 
salon.com/2024/07/20/the-clear

Salon.com · MAGA women take a backseat at the Republican National Convention
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Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

7. Movies, cartoons, television

Are You Not Entertained?: Mapping the Gladiator Across Visual Media (Lindsay Steenberg)

Really fun read with all the gladiator stuff coming out this year. The author explores the gladiator as an archetype, and the arena fight as a trope, across various movies and TV shows (even outside historical movies, e.g. Hunger Games, Gamer, Fight Club etc). Lots of good insight into gender, nostalgia etc.

amazon.com/Are-You-Not-Enterta

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