Today on the Matt Walsh Show, in case you hadn't noticed, you're not allowed to dislike female-led action movies.

You have to like them no matter what.

So with this movie Captain Marvel coming out, a feminist action movie,

feminists are going into overdrive insisting that we like it.

We have to like it, so we'll discuss that.

Also, paid family leave, mandated paid family leave is getting bipartisan support.

I think that it is a terrible idea as bipartisan ideas often are,

and I'll explain why. And finally, at what point should an artist's bad actions,

should the bad actions of an artist cause us to stop enjoying their art?

We'll try to get into that question as well today on the Matt Walsh Show.

One of the dumbest things about our culture, and I hesitate in saying that,

because I realize it's quite a statement, there are so many dumb things to choose from,

but I do believe one of the dumbest is how you aren't allowed to dislike female-led action movies.

And that's why Ghostbusters, which more of an action comedy with big fat scare quotes around action and comedy,

but it was critically acclaimed, despite being mediocre at best,

and also being an absolute swan dive in terms of quality in comparison to the originals.

And that's why Wonder Woman was praised in the kind of effusive, ecstatic,

almost poetic terms that we usually reserve for Renaissance art,

because that's the way it works. If it's a female action movie,

and it's bad, then you have to say that it's at least pretty good.

But if it's a female action movie that's already pretty good or decent,

then it's amazing, incredible, the great, it's a cinematic achievement,

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