{"id":1745704,"date":"2022-11-20T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T11:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745704"},"modified":"2022-11-20T09:51:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T14:51:36","slug":"new-cate-blanchett-film-tar-sees-title-character-issue-a-scathing-takedown-of-identity-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-cate-blanchett-film-tar-sees-title-character-issue-a-scathing-takedown-of-identity-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cate Blanchett Film \u201cT\u00e1r\u201d Sees Title Character Issue a Scathing Takedown of Identity Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook 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     <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a moment of rare clarity from Hollywood \u2013 albeit a potentially accidental one \u2013\u00a0 the new film <em>T\u00e1r <\/em>features a moment wherein its title character scathingly cuts through the facade of modern day identity politics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189727\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d3c1d234.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) speaks to her Julliard class via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d3c1d234.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d3c1d234-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d3c1d234-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d3c1d234-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) speaks to her Julliard class via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/17\/ismael-cruz-cordova-promotes-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-with-identity-politics-there-will-no-longer-be-a-time-where-you-can-say-there-are-no-elves-of-color\/\">Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova Promotes \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019 With Identity Politics: \u201cThere Will No Longer Be A Time Where You Can Say There Are No Elves Of Color\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starring Cate Blanchett in the role of its eponymous lead, <em>T\u00e1r <\/em>follows the life of fictional composer-conductor Lydia T\u00e1r as it begins to crumble under the weight of her own ego and strain her personal relationships, all of which eventually results in her brutal fall from grace (and subsequent Capcom-related step towards redemption).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189734\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d96a3262.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) refuses to confront her own ego via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d96a3262.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d96a3262-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d96a3262-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d96a3262-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) refuses to confront her own ego via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, while Lydia\u2019s character is portrayed at its core as narcissistic and self-serving, her pretentious attitudes allow for a \u2018stopped clock\u2019 moment regarding the inherently insulting and destructive nature of identity politics \u2013 particularly as it relates to art \u2013 in the film\u2019s early moments.<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the below clip shared by Twitter user @AgingWhiteGay, While serving as a guest orchestra teacher at the renowned Julliard performing arts school, Lydia encounters Max (Zethphan Smith-Gneist), an aspiring composer currently enrolled in her class.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Cate Blanchett being absolutely based and dragging gender identity race politics in her new dramatic role in the film T\u00c1R does not win her her next Academy Award, I will f**king scream. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PF0CicDTcl\">pic.twitter.com\/PF0CicDTcl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CAMILLE PAGLIA STAN\u2728 (@AgingWhiteGay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgingWhiteGay\/status\/1592821668359311360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/01\/27\/the-mandalorian-actor-john-leguizamo-admits-his-embrace-of-identity-politics-lost-him-half-his-fans-also-claims-he-stayed-out-of-the-sun-to-stay-light-skinned-in-order-to-get-work-in-hollywood\/\">The Mandalorian Actor John Leguizamo Admits His Embrace Of Identity Politics Lost Him Half His Fans, Also Claims He Stayed Out Of The Sun To Stay \u201cLight-Skinned\u201d In Order To Get Work In Hollywood<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During one lecture, in an attempt to reach out and spark introspection within her student, Lydia plays Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s <em>Prelude in C major, BWV 846<\/em> from <em>The Well-Tempered Clavier<\/em> for Max on a piano while reflecting with him on the \u201chumility\u201d within the classical composer\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189725\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d2e45be0.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) takes an interest in Max&#039;s (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) work via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d2e45be0.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d2e45be0-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d2e45be0-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d2e45be0-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) takes an interest in Max\u2019s (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) work via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not pretending he\u2019s certain about anything,\u201d opines Lydia. \u201c\u2018Cause he knows that it\u2019s always the question that involves the listener. It\u2019s never the answer, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning the question to Max, Lydia inquires \u201cWhat do you think?\u201d, to which the young man admits, \u201cYou play really well, but nowadays, white, male, cis composers \u2013 just not my thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189729\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d503651c.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) pushes back against Max&#039;s (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) obsession with identity politics via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d503651c.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d503651c-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d503651c-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d503651c-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) pushes back against Max\u2019s (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) obsession with identity politics via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/01\/22\/after-heavily-investing-in-woke-identity-politics-idw-loses-transformers-and-g-i-joe-licenses\/\">After Heavily Investing In Woke Identity Politics, IDW Loses Transformers And G.I. Joe Licenses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether motivated by her own self-important view of her career, cruelty, or possibly even a genuine appreciation for the arts, Lydia quickly counters, \u201cDon\u2019t be so eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring conformity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Max meekly admits, \u201cI guess [French composer] Edgard Var\u00e8se is okay. I mean, I like <em>Arcana<\/em> anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189728\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d45efbd3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d45efbd3.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d45efbd3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d45efbd3-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d45efbd3-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) tries to get to know Max (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Seizing the teaching opportunity presented by Max, Lydia then asserts, \u201cOh, well then you must be aware that Var\u00e8se once famously stated that jazz was \u2018a Negro product exploited by the Jews\u2019 [an opinion offered by the composter 1928 as his defense of why the genre should not be considered to an American one].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t stop Jerry Goldsmith from ripping him off for his <em>Planet of the Apes,<\/em>\u201d she notes. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a perfect insult, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189722\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d0f31bf7.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) gives an interview to Adam Gopnik (himself) at The New Yorker Festival via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d0f31bf7.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d0f31bf7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d0f31bf7-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d0f31bf7-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) gives an interview to Adam Gopnik (himself) at The New Yorker Festival via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/05\/18\/after-shoving-woke-politics-down-the-throats-of-consumers-disneys-favourability-rating-takes-massive-dive\/\">After Shoving Woke Politics Down The Throats Of Consumers, Disney\u2019s Favourability Rating Takes Massive Dive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Proceeding to move around the classroom, all the while her intentions locked on Max, Lydia bluntly explains, \u201cBut you see, the problem with enrolling yourself as an ultrasonic epistemic dissident, is that if Bach\u2019s talent can be reduced to his gender, birth country, religion, sexuality, and so on, then so can yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, someday, Max, when you go out into the world and you guest conduct for a major or minor orchestra, you may notice that the players have more than light bulbs and music on their stands,\u201d she warns. \u201cThey will also have been handed rating sheets, the purpose of which is to rate you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189733\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d8503128.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) refuses to confront her own ego via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d8503128.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d8503128-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d8503128-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.56-boundingintocomics-63780d8503128-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) lets her frustrations get the best of her via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNow, what kind of criteria would you hope that they would use to do this?\u201d Lydia asks. \u201cYour score reading and stick technique, or something else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Met with silence from Max, Lydia turns to the rest of the class and puts forth the same proposition to them. \u201cAll right, everyone,\u201d she prompts them, \u201cusing Max\u2019s criteria, let\u2019s consider Max\u2019s thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189724\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d203e296.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d203e296.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d203e296-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d203e296-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.54-boundingintocomics-63780d203e296-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) give has lunch with fellow composer Eliot Kaplan (Mark Strong) via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/18\/g4-reportedly-asked-potential-hosts-to-argue-in-favor-of-cancelling-batman-because-hes-rich-and-hes-white\/\">G4 Reportedly Asked Potential Hosts To Argue In Favor Of \u201cCancelling\u201d Batman \u201cBecause He\u2019s Rich And He\u2019s White\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Putting forth Icelandic composer Anna S. \u00deorvaldsd\u00f3ttir as the subject of their exercise, Lydia inquires of her students, \u201cNow, can we agree on two pieces of\u00a0 observation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne, that Anna was born in Iceland,\u201d she asserts, before somewhat jokingly observing, \u201cAnd two, that she is, in a, I don\u2019t know, Waldorf teacher kinda way, a super hot young woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189731\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d66700f9.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) relives her greatest hits via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d66700f9.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d66700f9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d66700f9-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d66700f9-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) relives her greatest hits via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taking a poll of her class with a quick show of hands and finding that most of the students agree with these two statements, Lydia next invites them to \u201cturn our gaze back to the piano bench up there and see if we can square how any of those things possibly relate to the person we see seated before us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, before anyone can say a word, Max collects his things and storms out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189730\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d5c7f643.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) calls on her class to use Max&#039;s (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) identity politics lens against him via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d5c7f643.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d5c7f643-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d5c7f643-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-10.55-boundingintocomics-63780d5c7f643-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) calls on her class to use Max\u2019s (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) identity politics lens against him via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/01\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-voice-actor-yuki-matsuzaki-says-live-action-manga-adaptations-need-to-update-source-materials-in-order-to-align-with-modern-values\/\">\u2018Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u2019 Voice Actor Yuki Matsuzaki Says Live-Action Manga Adaptations Need To Update Source Materials In Order To Align With \u201cModern Values\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re a f\u2014ing bitch,\u201d he snaps as he makes his way past Lydia to the exit, to which she counters, \u201cAnd you are a robot. I mean, unfortunately, the architect of your soul appears to be social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to dance the mask, you must service the composer,\u201d the teacher concludes as the door closes behind Max. \u201cYou gotta sublimate yourself, your ego, and yes, your identity. You must, in fact, stand in front of the public and God and obliterate yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.13-boundingintocomics-63781193354f6.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) encourages Max (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) to open his mind via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.13-boundingintocomics-63781193354f6.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.13-boundingintocomics-63781193354f6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.13-boundingintocomics-63781193354f6-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.13-boundingintocomics-63781193354f6-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) encourages Max (Zethphan Smith-Gneist) to open his mind via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following a limited theatrical release on October 7th and a further branch out into a slight few more theaters on October 28th, <em><span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\">T\u00e1r<\/span><\/em><span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\"> is now available for digital download from most major platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189742\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.11-boundingintocomics-63781122215ce.png\" alt=\"Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) prepares to conduct a Monster Hunter-themed performance via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.11-boundingintocomics-63781122215ce.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.11-boundingintocomics-63781122215ce-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.11-boundingintocomics-63781122215ce-1340x754-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.18-11.11-boundingintocomics-63781122215ce-768x432-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia T\u00e1r (Cate Blanchett) prepares to conduct a Monster Hunter-themed performance via T\u00e1r (2022), Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/16\/she-hulk-director-kat-coiro-hopes-disney-plus-series-makes-it-normal-to-have-female-superheroes-forgets-series-own-advertising-treats-jennifer-walters-gender-as\/\">\u2018She-Hulk\u2019 Director Kat Coiro Hopes Disney Plus Series Makes It \u201cNormal To Have Female Superheroes\u201d, Forgets Series Own Advertising Treats Jennifer Walters\u2019 Gender As A Novelty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a moment of rare clarity from Hollywood \u2013 albeit a potentially accidental one \u2013\u00a0 the new film T\u00e1r features a moment wherein its title character scathingly cuts through 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