Kindness as Miyazaki's Fiercest Force
Hayao Miyazaki sends his heroes into danger with almost no appetite for conquest. They fly, run, bargain, and sometimes fail. Yet the decisive move is often smaller: a hand offered to an enemy, a promise kept under pressure, a refusal to treat another's pain as someone else's debt. That is no weakness. It is moral risk.His films make domination look strangely juvenile, even when it arrives armed, ...More
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