#its a loooooong article and a major cornerstone of the argument is largely that mcdonagh is not really authentically irish and he tries to

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aaaand it begins

#i started reading this but then no offense. but i was like man i just don’t really care lmao #its a loooooong article and a major cornerstone of the argument is largely that mcdonagh is not really authentically irish and he tries to #make up for this by frequently employing - either to play with or to profit from - irish stereotypes in his films #slate routinely has some of the most blatantly opportunistic entertainment journalism i’ve ever read its remarkable #even if the take is good you can’t read it without rolling your eyes because they wouldn’t bother with it if said film was not getting #mainstream validation and acclaim lol #and i don’t mean writing to what’s topical either. thats normal. thats not what this is lol #remember the PYW takedown