The fierce, female warriors and the complex heroes of color are not just an overdue and welcome change, they inject a jolt of relevance
into escapist entertainment that signals a seismic cultural shift on the big screen.
Not exact matches
While horror movies often get shuffled
into the «
escapist entertainment» corner, a way to escape the world and just let your inner animal hoot and holler at blood and guts for 90 minutes, there are few genres as ready, willing, and effective at actually reflecting our real - world fears and anxieties.
Working with production designer John Barry and special effects supervisor John Dykstra, writer - director George Lucas makes
escapist entertainment respectable again, and more — he turns it
into art.