A good friend and reader of NormalExposure recently alerted me to this article, which was published in the April 27, 2026 issue of the New York Times. Written by Jessica M. Goldstein and titled, Are Movies Really Getting Darker? Let’s Shine Some Light on the Issue, it mirrors many of the concerns I dissected in a blog post that landed here a year and two days prior.
Regardless of being so late to the game, it’s nice to see that The Gray Lady is paying attention to something other than…well, whatever it is they’re paying attention to these days. I stopped reading the Times ages ago.
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