John Ridley Guest Column: Ridley Scott Epic Conjures Fresh Napoleon Complex Cases; Elon Musk, Aaron Rodgers, Bill Ackman Exhibit Signs Of Short-Man Syndrome, Height Be Damned
deadline.comEditors note: John Ridley is the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave writer, writer-director of Five Days at Memorial, and the Eisner-nominated writer of the DC graphic novel series GCPD: The Blue Wall.
He also hosts with Matt Carey the Deadline podcast Doc Talk, and occasionally contributes guest columns, last of which focused on the dismantling of studio diversity leaders that became popular after George Floyd’s murder. *** It’s called a Napoleon complex for a reason.
With the first round of Oscar voting closing out, I spent the long MLK weekend catching up on narrative films I’ve yet to see.
Yes. I know. I’m a little late to the party, but my day job of watching other people’s amazing docs has bled into my evenings of watching other people’s amazing narratives features.
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