Between "Barbie," "Oppenheimer," "Snow White" and "Sound of Freedom," a lot of movies are becoming political footballs these days. People are laying into them without even having seen the films, and in some cases long before they've even been released! The "woke vs. anti-woke" tribalism has spread to virtually every aspect of pop culture: sports, music, etc.

Christopher Lloyd and Nate Richard of https://filmyap.substack.com/ take a look at the trend, urging people to find a personal relationship with a work of art instead of following the dictates of the crowd.