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Atropia Iraq War Reimagined Through Dark Comedy
The movie is inspired by the 2020 short film Shako Mako, based on Middle Eastern culture. Hailey Gates successfully writes and directs Atropia, offering a Western perspective on the Middle East.
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'Atropia' Review: Great Comedic Performers Are Stranded in a Toothless Wartime Satire
Even when it occasionally finds some goofy laughs, the expansion of Gates' short "Shako Mako" does nothing to earn a nearly two-hour runtime that ends up feeling much longer. When it tries to then ...
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‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat Trains Troops Assigned to a Fake Iraqi Town in a Self-Reflexive War Comedy That Peters Out
Based on her 2020 short “Shako Mako,” Hailey Gates writes and directs “Atropia,” a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East.While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and ...
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‘Atropia’ Review: Great Comedic Performers Are Stranded in a Toothless Wartime Satire
Even when it occasionally finds some goofy laughs, the expansion of Gates’ short “Shako Mako” does nothing to earn a nearly two-hour runtime that ends up feeling much longer. When it tries to then ...