Spartans storm silver screens
“300” is one of the most problematic films in recent memory — both thematically and stylistically, Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel is rife with stereotypes and historical inaccuracies that will make any WGSS or postcolonial lit student cringe. Oddly associating moral rectitude with physical, heteronormative beauty, this latest war film separates good from evil both ideologically and aesthetically in racist and otherwise offensive ways. “300” is also one of the most peculiarly oblivious war films I have ever seen; it seems that no one involved in the making of...
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