Review: A Super Progressive Movie is a limp bit of conservative humor
About halfway through A Super Progressive Movie , the cheekily named Australian animation made in conjunction with controversial politician Pauline Hanson, a character says how the world has a habit of shrinking in on you sometimes. You might surround yourself with people who look like you, think like you, talk like you, etc., until you forget that there are other ways of thinking and living out there. It's a fine point, and one of the weirdly good-natured moments in a film that feels like it has a bit of an identity crisis, and maybe why I even bothered checking this movie out. I went into A Super Progressive Movie knowing it wasn't going to line up with my own beliefs and worldview, and that it would probably be a bit of a tough sit. But I am interested to see movies that reflect different ideologies sometimes. Film is a great generator of empathy, and most of my favorite movies reflect experiences that I'll never have, points-of-view that are distinct from my own. Now,...
