Catfight (2016)

We watched the very American black comedy Catfight (2016), written and directed by Onur Tukel and starring Sandra Oh and Anne Heche. And, man, does this movie pack a punch (pause for laughter.) Haley falls more in love with Sandra Oh, and Claire tries to unpack this movie's worldview.

Content warning for discussions of war and violence.

Producers Note: If you think you would be frustrated by two Gen Z'ers, who had difficulty remembering that this movie  was actually reacting to the 2003 Iraq War (that they were too young to be cognizant of in terms of socio-cultural reactions) and not the time it was made in, talk about American entitlement and attitudes towards war and the military broadly, maybe skip this one. We did our best, but I for one hear our bias in terms of two leftists who have been alive in a mostly post social media world.

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Articles quoted:
Catfight movie review and summarry (2017) - RogerEbert.com

Sandra Oh, Anne Heche and Onur Tukel on their primal movie Catfight - The Globe and Mail

Onur Tukel [Interview] - TRAINWRECK'D SOCIETY

CATFIGHT: Both Physically & Verbally Bruising - The Film Inquiry

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