The Judgment on Violence and ‘Terminator 2’
“Hollywood,” as the critic John Simon once wrote, “is not a place, but a state of mindlessness.”
This is certainly the case when a Tinseltown Wunderkind like Cameron can claim, with all the seriousness a commercial gun for hire can muster, that “T2” is a heartfelt plea against violence and dehumanization.
When sheer absurdity reaches its apogee like this, one has to wonder what faraway planet Cameron and his ilk come from.
RICKEY C. MANTLEY
Los Angeles
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