2019 | R | 2h 12min “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) could have been made in today’s post-truth era, considering it glorified two notorious outlaws by having the exceptionally beauteous Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty portray them. Also, communism (which is what post-truth is a harbinger of) is represented in the 1967 movie. How? It supported the notion of Bonnie and Clyde being laudable robbin’ hoods, who robbed the Depression-era bankers, who were driving America into the ditch of economic ruin. Both the insidious institutional redistribution of wealth and the violent gangster robbery version are inherently communist. And communism is part of the current zeitgeist again—only it’s got a few new monikers. Ironically, in these confused times, here comes a more traditionalist take: In Netflix’s 2019 “The Highwaymen,” a subdued, slow-burn, somber police procedural, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are presented as coldblooded murderers. “The Highwaymen” also reestablishes how it was with …
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Highwaymen’: Bonnie and Clyde, the Realistic Version
August 26, 2021
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