• The Shape of Water and America Today: Monsters, Empathy, and Division

  • Jan 8 2025
  • Length: 56 mins
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The Shape of Water and America Today: Monsters, Empathy, and Division

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  • Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water feels eerily relevant as we brace for a second Trump presidency. Set in a Cold War-era America steeped in paranoia, oppression, and cruelty, the film critiques the illusion of “greatness” that MAGA rhetoric glorifies. Through characters like Elisa, Giles, Zelda, and the Amphibian Man—people existing on society’s margins—it celebrates empathy, connection, and resistance against authoritarianism.
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