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Proposition Hate: Gus Van Sant's Milk recaptures Californian intolerance at exactly the right time

A A A Comments (0) By J. Hoberman Wednesday, Nov 26 2008
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Gay pride: Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk.
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Gay pride: Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk.

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Van Sant and Black position Milk as both gutsy civil rights leader and creative community organizer — not to mention a precedent-shattering politician who, it's very often reiterated, presented himself as a Messenger of Hope. Milk is now. The ecstatic reception accorded Wall-E's visionary tikkun (and the president-elect's strategic nonsupport for same-sex marriage) notwithstanding, it's the first openly Obama-iste movie.

Here's hoping that Milk and Penn's Milk do as well in our annual fake election. When The Times of Harvey Milk won its Oscar for best documentary, presenter Kathleen Turner described it as "a film about American values in conflict." This time, the Academy won't have to be as discreet.

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