'Damsel' Review

What's an anti-traditionalist to do when we expect him to subvert our expectations?

We’ve long been participants of an era where subversion is the new tradition, ultimately defeating the purpose of subversion. What happens when the anti-traditionalists become the established entertainment? They get too comfortable in their own ideology, assuming they can churn out film after film claiming to “boldly turn fairy tale tropes upside down like never before” and expect no one to notice that this type of subversion has been happening rather frequently for decades. Does anyone remember the last time a fantasy movie featured a damsel rescued by a prince? Is it really that radical for a female heroine to be strong and independent these days? Have we girl-bossed too close to the sun? Traditional fairy tales are obsolete in the film world. Making a classical fairy story today would be the only real act of subversion.