Review of Gender Wars (2015) by Brent H — 01 Nov 2017

Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have acknowledged that when the film was in production, they fully expected the election of 2016 to have a different outcome: casting Riggs as the loudmouthed buffoon who eventually gets his comeuppance at the hands of a more talented, more qualified female opponent would have made for a pitch-perfect allegory.

Instead, the film is premiering in a decidedly different sociopolitical climate, and it's interesting to ponder how much different the tone might have been had the filmmakers been able to foresee a Trump presidency.