Peter Bart: In Movies As In Politics, Young Protagonists Are Scarce These Days
I never liked Tom Ripley but I keep meeting him. I’ve “met” Ripley in five films, and he’s now the protagonist of a somber eight-part Netflix series. So filmmakers clearly find his character intriguing. Even though he has no character. That, in itself, reminds me that Hollywood is suffering the same problem as Washington: an […]