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A24’s ‘Civil War’ Movie Provokes Timing Debate Amid Some Fearing Actual Civil War: "The Alex Garland film is sparking discussion about its release during a contentious election year: "The idea of civil war actually keeps me up at night.""

The Alex Garland film is sparking discussion about its release during a contentious election year: "The idea of civil war actually keeps me up at night."

Greg Abbott’s feud over border security has recently inspired literal “civil war” headlines in respectablepublications, one can understand some degree of this concern (though not why the government would collaborate with a Hollywood studio to create a film to give moviegoers a heads up about their sinister plans). One Reddit thread predicted the online Civil War debate will turn out just like the uproar that surrounded Todd Philips’ 2019 movie Joker — media reports fretted thatthe film’s Taxi Driver-like portrait of destructive outsider would inspire violent loners and incel-types to commit mass shootings, and then nothing happened. “I guarantee you that the MAGA/Qanon people do not need an Alex Garland auteur piece to commit acts of violence,” wrote one defender, while another added: “This movie is a cautionary statement about the danger of political brinksmanship, polarization, and the importance of a free and effective media.

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