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Both Sides Alone Cannot Tell the Truth
“The Day Shall Come” confuses objectivity with obfuscation.
Author’s Note: my title is not to be confused with the popular maxim that the truth is always found in the middle of both sides. In this context, that maxim is part of the problem.
So my wife and I watched The Day Shall Come last night on Hulu, and I gotta say, while my expectations weren’t super high, once we saw a bit of the trailer, we were in. I loved the premise, and often enjoy political satire. Fifteen minutes into the movie, I was enjoying myself.
Which is why I was so surprised by the end of the film. I wasn’t as much surprised by the ending as I was surprised by my own reaction to it.
It made me angry. Like, I haven’t been this mad at a movie in a while. Once the music started playing as the final credits started to roll, I literally said out loud, “wait… it can’t be over, right? Because that would be… uhhh… bullshit.”
It was, and yeah… it was.
