A movie that aspired to say something

Just noticed that the Lawrence Kasdan film “Grand Canyon” is 20 years old.

I remember being excited about it when it came out.

In the end, not many people were all that impressed. And certainly it had its shortcomings. But at least it tried to be a fairly honest look at some of the gulfs that divide us in contemporary American society.

At the time it was released, two of the stars, Danny Glover and Kevin Kline, went on “Oprah” to promote it. There was a lot of earnest talk about Hollywood getting more serious and thoughtful. And then, at the end, Oprah mentioned that Glover would also be appearing in another of those zany buddy-cops flicks with Mel Gibson. THAT got the biggest applause of the whole segment.

The audience wants what it wants.

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