10/4/2023 0 Comments The great wall movie summaryIn fact, Matt Damon isn't the lead of The Great Wall because The Great Wall doesn't even have a lead, not really. And this interests me for the assumption underlying it - nothing to do with white superiority in cinema, but with the immediate 1+1=2 conclusion that if Matt Damon is in an action movie, then he must de facto be the solitary lead, because is that is how movie stars, and action movies, work. Matt Damon in a historical action movie set in 11th Century China? Must be a pandering White Savior gesture, went the logic. The controversy is dead, dead, dead, and far be it from me to bring it up at this late, but I think the pre-release outrage in the United States over The Great Wall is telling.
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