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The Pitt News

Editorial | Why are we questioning female-led superhero flicks when men are also failing to lead?

Editorial | Why are we questioning female-led superhero flicks when men are also failing to lead?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board October 15, 2024
The stark reality is that female-led superhero projects are held to an unreasonable standard, burdened with the responsibility to not only succeed but to justify the existence of female representation in the genre.
Review | ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is a movie made for nobody

Review | ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is a movie made for nobody

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer October 11, 2024

Despite the first film finding a core audience in incels, “Joker: Folie à Deux” refuses to commit to its status as a musical, comedy or cult film for misogynists — alienating every possible audience.  It...

Review | It’s hard to go ‘Gaga’ over ‘Harlequin’

Review | It’s hard to go ‘Gaga’ over ‘Harlequin’

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 8, 2024

Lady Gaga has been in the public eye for over a decade, transforming from the definition of camp to pop princess to jazz partner of Tony Bennett. Her newest persona is Harlequin, shown in her concept album...

The new movie “Joker” explores the origins of the popular character.

Review: “Joker?” I barely know her!

By Kieran Mclean, Senior Staff Writer October 9, 2019
In the beginning of Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” the titular character Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) gets beaten up by a teenage gang so deliberately characterless it could’ve been pulled from a ’90s morning cartoon.
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