The Discreet Insensitivity of ‘Slumberland’
The cultural insensitivity of 'Slumberland' is discreet, and can be easily overlooked in CGI extravaganza.

A judo team captain and his juniors goes to Tokyo to participate in the national championships. In Tokyo for the first time, the captain falls in love with a city badminton player at first sight. The coach of the judo club scolds the captain for not being able to devote himself to judo due to the conflict between competition and love. Will they be able to achieve results in the upcoming national tournament!? And where is love going!?
The cultural insensitivity of 'Slumberland' is discreet, and can be easily overlooked in CGI extravaganza.
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it.
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