I think it’s absolutely the point. The Manson murders had such a massive cultural impact specifically because of what Tate, and the other victims, represented to the rest of us: she was exactly the sort of beautiful, innocent, young thing, living a seemingly luxurious life, who we typically don’t associate with such a…

Exactly. When I see articles about “MARGOT ROBBIE WAS A DUMB SET OF BOOBS” I think... who are you the savior for, exactly, Mr. Blogger? Why don’t you ask Margot Robbie why she took the job? Why don’t you ask her how she feels about the character she chose to play?

I think it’s also pretty insulting to Robbie. It implies the only way you can “act” is if you have dialogue. I think it’s a testament to her talent that I thought she conveyed as much about her character and told her story as well as Pitt and DiCaprio with a fraction of the dialogue.

It’s a great movie. It’s fun reading comments here (from people objectively reviewing the film) vs. in other blogger’s articles about what an awful misogynistic piece of shit it is because Margot Robbie doesn’t have a lot of dialogue. Which to me is sort of the point... she’s emblematic of an era. And in a day and age…

I enjoyed it very much. I was surprised at the pacing of it, which was somehow kind of a relief. It’s like he decided to make a Dazed and Confused kind of hang out movie. It’s going to age well. Some things:

My audience was laughing/cheering when Rick got out the flamethrower- so was I.