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Does it matter that Friday's mass murder in Aurora, Colo., took place at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises"? Many in the entertainment media have said no. Christopher Ferguson at Time argued that murderers can "latch onto any one of a number of things as a distorted rationale for their crimes," so it doesn't matter that accused shooter James Holmes happened to have chosen this screening as the venue for massacre. CinemaBlend's Katey Rich said much the same thing in a post entitled "Don't Let Anyone Blame The Dark Knight Rises For The Colorado Tragedy." And movie critic Anthony Lane, in an eloquent essay posted to the New Yorker's website Friday morning, wrote, "The pain dealt out in Aurora is infinitely more important than the fate of o...(read more)
... Does it matter that Friday's mass murder in Aurora, Colo., took place at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises"? Many in the entertainment media have said no. Christopher Ferguson at Time argued that murderers can "latch onto any one of a number of t ...
... in an eloquent essay posted to the New Yorker's website Friday morning, wrote, "The pain dealt out in Aurora is infinitely more important than the fate of one movie." These writers all have a point. Certainly, it seemed crass for Deadline Hollywood's ...
... to rush to consider the implications the deaths would have on the movie's opening weekend box-office returns. Read More... More on Aurora Shooting ...
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