We unpack the chilling implications of the Civil War ending, including with star Cailee Spaenys own thoughts.
This article contains majorCivil Warspoilers.
Its the smiles that ultimately get to me.
The whole sequence crescendos into the inevitable.
We see what happens when a strongmans strength crumbles.
They of course do.
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All of it has an air of brutal, cynical practicality.
But by this point, Jessie is no longer looking away.
In fact, she takes several photos of Lees death before leaving her idol crumpled in the hall.
She then walks into the Oval Office and gets TheShot.
The moment a president dies.Sic semper tyrannis.
Jessies Transformation
Star Cailee Spaeny certainly has given the future beyondCivil Wars ending some thought.
She can snark what do you think?
to the painfully young Jessie when the latter asks if Lee would take her photo should she die.
And the conundrum of doing so visibly eats away at her conscience until she finally likewise is gunned down.
And in Spaenys mind, shed never destroy it.
I dont think she published it but I do think she would keep it, the actor says.
I think shell always keep that with her.
I dont think shed ever get rid of it.
The juxtaposition of this is striking.
However, the hint of a generational difference between Lee and Jessie is distinct.
One of a dictators assassination, and the next of his subsequent still life.
Its just complete bullshit, Garland says.
We tend to agree.
Some are killing for an authoritarian, others to stop him, and many others simply because they can.
Like what you see?And that byway will travel past Trump, should he regain power or not.
Earlier inCivil War, Sammy correctly predicts that Offermans American dictator will disappoint in his final moments.
All three men were dictators who were overthrown, and all three met brutal, pitiful ends.
Ask Brutus about what happened next and if Romes transition from republic to empire was thwarted.
will turn on each other nearly as soon as they get to D.C.
The union of strange bedfellows like Texas and California is a fractious and presumably finite one.
The next generation will already have too much blood in its mouth.
And if those smiles are anything to go by, we might start to like it there.
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