Damsel: Well-plotted hot garbage is still hot garbage
The latest entry in the genre of woketastic woketasy appropriates the Hero's Journey.
I did not sit down to watch Damsel with intent. I figured it was going to be awful because anything that brags about a self-rescuing princess is going to be just like its godawful feminist predecessors. But, I was tired and I figured I’d take a look.
And here we are. Well-plotted but still hot-garbage, so better than expected.
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