My issue with optimistic/cynical reads of DD as a mea culpa is that, in the end, Spielberg is routinely rewriting his impact and absolving his own images from the project of Israeli soft power! He is willing to admit they have been weaponized but not that he has willingly done so
sincerely this evil ftmtf angel wearing hospital bands as casual bondagewear accessories while barefoot crushing the throat of our pathetic s*icidal protagonist was one of THE formative media experiences for 12yo me