Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) by Ann Hornaday for Washington Post — 05 Jul 2012
Maybe the best way to describe Beasts of the Southern Wild is faux-k art. Even Hushpuppy's name suggests an author more interested in the folk- and foodways of a culture-with-a-capital-C than the people who comprise it.
Too often, she and her peers are presented as curios to be exhibited rather than as fully realized -- if resolutely un-mythic -- human beings.
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This review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) was written by Ann Hornaday and published by Washington Post on 05 Jul 2012.
Beasts of the Southern Wild has generally received very positive reviews.
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