But Miyazaki's admiration for Horikoshi's inspiration takes the project away from the realm of historical specifics and roots it in the
character's
apolitical subjectivity, a magical place populated by his dreams of powerful airships and the liberating quality of drifting through the air unencumbered by physical restrictions.
Far from empty - headed, though, Stardust is a deeply meaningful series of sweet - nothings, wholly
apolitical even in a macho supporting
character revealed as a cross-dresser and hair stylist; and by its end, it wins not in spite of being so exuberant in its indulgence of flamboyant clichés, but because it is.