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Ballerina + Violence On Screen

13-Jun-25 18:00

Ballerina + Violence On Screen

In this episode, we’re reviewing Ana de Armas’ entry to the John Wick universe, as a ballerina trained to be an assassin in the - obviously named - Ballerina. We talk about whether it’s a worthy spinoff, and as stylish as the original franchise, before going on to talk in Take Two about violence on screen, and where the limits and appeal are, from bone-crunching, blood-gushing fights and sequences, to the power of implied acts of violence.

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Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sudais Ferhard, Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sudais Ferhard, Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  filmculturevisual arts

Tags:  ballerinaassassinspinoffjohn wickfilmana de armasviolenceviolent films





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