The Batman: LA Confidential meets Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

March 29th, 2022 | 2 min read

I really wanted to like this movie. I was, I will admit, looking forward to it more than was reasonable. I will also admit that this post might have been a series of tweets if it were not for Lent. (The title, by the way, is a reference to this incredible Matthew Crawford essay about physicality and our experience of the mediated world, which is far more worth your time to read than the rest of this post.)

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org and preorder his forthcoming book here: https://www.ivpress.com/resisting-therapy-culture

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The Batman: LA Confidential meets Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

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