Hollywood blockbusters are not normally the place one finds insight, but a new action thriller recently provided an unexpected reflection on today’s news media. In Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw, a movie all about cars and guns and hence more tailored to deplorables than urban sophisticates, there’s a scene where the arch villain (played by Idris Elba) is seeking to track down our heroes, secret agents Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Jason Statham.
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