Five more on Kick-Ass, Part 5

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Five More on Kick-Ass: A Response to Criticisms of the Film

[UPDATE: For the first twelve hours this post was online, somehow an earlier draft went live, instead of the final version. I’ve just restored the autosaved final draft. So this post looks different than it did ten minutes (or ten hours) ago.] ORIGINAL POST: This is the final post in a series that began with […]

Five more on Kick-Ass, Part 4

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Five More on Kick-Ass: A Response to Criticisms of the Film

This is the penultimate post in a series that began with Part 1. I recommend beginning there, and following the links at the end of each section to work through the following posts in the series (of which there will be five). Here’s the next segment of the criticism to which I’m responding: “Kick-Ass” is rated R, which […]

Five more on Kick-Ass, Part 3

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Five More on Kick-Ass: A Response to Criticisms of the Film

This is the third post in a series that began with Part 1. I recommend beginning there, and following the links at the end of each section to work through the following posts in the series (of which there will be five). The third claim embedded in the criticism of Kick-Ass to which I’m responding is found here […]

Five More on Kick-Ass, Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Five More on Kick-Ass: A Response to Criticisms of the Film

This is the second post in a series that began with Part 1. I recommend beginning there, and following the links at the end of each section to work through the following posts in the series (of which there will be five). In my last post, I showed how the claim that Kick-Ass, in its presentation of Mindy/Hit-Girl […]