Arnolds latest,Bird, includes many of her patented sing-along moments.
You read that right).
Its hard at times not to senseBirdleaning too much into these inherently crowd-pleasing diegetic music sequences.
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What Is ‘Bird’ About?
To Arnold, people are often both shitheads and worthy of love.
People make mistakes and hurt those they love most.
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There is no connection to the preceding narrative other than it being yet more amateur singing.
Ultimately it feels too familiar, even with the welcome magical realism additions and a hallucinogenic slime secreting toad.
Arnold fans will no doubt find plenty to latch onto withBird, but its unlikely to convert non-believers.
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