What’s Aged the Worst?
Stephen Collins’s later history, mutilation imagery, implausible mountain reception, failure of diamond reform, and the white-centered perspective
In the discussion (6)
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- Stephen Collins’s later public history makes his appearance difficult to revisit. — Bill Simmons
- The chopping-off-hands sequence is called really tough, then defended as necessary to show what happened. — Bill Simmons
- Danny’s perfect mountain cell reception is both a dated convenience and a nitpick. — Chris Ryan
- The ending’s suggestion that the diamond industry changed is weakened by later doubts about the certification process. — Bill Simmons
- Centering white stars in a story about African civil war, mutilation, and child soldiers is identified as a white-gaze problem. — Chris Ryan
- A contemporary version would give Solomon the dominant perspective and reduce Danny’s screen time. — Chris Ryan