One TikToker compared the ad to “Nazi propaganda” and, soon, NPR had dubbed it the “ad campaign that launched a thousand critiques.” CNN asked what America had “learned” from the Sweeney “situation.” Vox used the episode to wax eloquent about the “unsettling legacy of the blonde bombshell.” Dr. Phil and Lizzo both got upset—for different reasons—and America’s president, in a move that was very on-brand for him, issued a mispelling-strewn statement calling “Sidney”‘s ad the “HOTTEST.” Film critics have been lukewarm to positive about the film, with Vulture calling it “a ’90s-style ensemble crime movie that engages in a sly exploration of the iconography and mythology we use to define the country” and RogerEbert.com noting that the film is not “particularly political” but that it is “blessed with a fairly strong cast.” A few pissed off leftists and a gaggle of MAGA commentators attempted to get everyone to care about it, and the news media carried the story for a few weeks—if only to give journalists something entertaining to write about instead of the incessant horrors visited upon us daily by the Trump administration.
Author: Lucas Ropek
Published at: 2025-08-18 21:30:42
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