Polygon: All Posts by Maya Phillipshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2020-05-29T13:03:23-04:00https://www.polygon.com/authors/maya-phillips/rss2020-05-29T13:03:23-04:002020-05-29T13:03:23-04:00In Studio Ghibli’s movies, magic almost always comes with a heavy price
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<p>Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Pom Poko and others all explore the cost of power</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/29/21274695/studio-ghibli-movies-magic-price-spirited-away-princess-mononoke-howls-moving-castleMaya Phillips2020-04-09T12:56:45-04:002020-04-09T12:56:45-04:00The upbeat anime Cells at Work! is a cure for coronavirus blues
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<p>Its vision of the body as a fighting, cooperative community is inspiration we could all use</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/9/21215007/cells-at-work-best-anime-to-watch-netflix-crunchyroll-coronavirusMaya Phillips2020-03-02T10:13:07-05:002020-03-02T10:13:07-05:00The new wave of police-brutality movies puts the burdens in the wrong place
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<figcaption>Illustration: James Bareham/Polygon | Source photos: Andre D. Wagner/Universal Pictures</figcaption>
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<p>Instead of questioning causes or solutions, they fetishize black trauma</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/2/21160364/movies-race-police-brutality-monsters-and-men-blindspotting-queen-slimMaya Phillips2019-10-22T11:05:00-04:002019-10-22T11:05:00-04:00Watchmen tackles the big issue Joker tried to avoid
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<p>Politics are unavoidable, but grappling with them is a choice creators make</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/22/20926077/watchmen-joker-racial-politics-rorschachMaya Phillips