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On the 24th anniversary of the film's release in 2017, film critic April Wolfe of ''[[LA Weekly]]'' wrote in the article entitled "Hey White People..." that it "remains one of Hollywood's most overt yet morally complex depictions of the modern white-victimization narrative, one both adored and reviled by the extreme right". Wolfe said: "Today, we might see D-Fens and the white supremacist as the infighting sides of the far right — one couches racism in coded words like "thug," while the other wants an outright ethnic cleanse. Ultimately, what both want is to return to their idea of a purer America, unburdened by the concerns of minorities and women". Wolfe suggested that [[Rupert Murdoch]] would "go on to bottle that fury and package it as patriotism" in creating [[Fox News]].<ref name="LAW">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=April|date=April 26, 2017|title=Hey, White People: Michael Douglas Is the Villain, Not the Victim, in Falling Down|work=L.A. Weekly|url=http://www.laweekly.com/film/falling-down-25th-anniversary-michael-douglas-was-the-villain-8164453|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427002541/http://www.laweekly.com/film/falling-down-25th-anniversary-michael-douglas-was-the-villain-8164453|url-status=dead|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |
On the 24th anniversary of the film's release in 2017, film critic April Wolfe of ''[[LA Weekly]]'' wrote that in the article entitled "Hey White People..." that it "remains one of Hollywood's most overt yet morally complex depictions of the modern white-victimization narrative, one both adored and reviled by the extreme right". Wolfe said: "Today, we might see D-Fens and the white supremacist as the infighting sides of the far right — one couches racism in coded words like "thug," while the other wants an outright ethnic cleanse. Ultimately, what both want is to return to their idea of a purer America, unburdened by the concerns of minorities and women". Wolfe suggested that [[Rupert Murdoch]] would "go on to bottle that fury and package it as patriotism" in creating [[Fox News]].<ref name="LAW">{{Cite news|last=Wolfe|first=April|date=April 26, 2017|title=Hey, White People: Michael Douglas Is the Villain, Not the Victim, in Falling Down|work=L.A. Weekly|url=http://www.laweekly.com/film/falling-down-25th-anniversary-michael-douglas-was-the-villain-8164453|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427002541/http://www.laweekly.com/film/falling-down-25th-anniversary-michael-douglas-was-the-villain-8164453|url-status=dead|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2012, Tasha Robinson of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' was critical of the film, describing it as a "profoundly hateful film disguised alternately (and erratically) as either tragedy or humor."<ref name="AVC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/our-most-hated-movies-of-the-90s-86560|title=Our most-hated movies of the '90s|last=Staff|first=A.V. Club|work=Film|date=October 12, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> An earlier 2008 review on the site was positive, saying, "Heat used as a metaphor for simmering rage is nothing new, but few films execute sweaty psychosis as well."<ref name="AV2">{{Cite news|url=https://film.avclub.com/its-not-the-heat-its-the-intensity-13-memorable-films-1798214436|title=It's not the heat, it's the intensity: 13 memorable films set during heat waves|last=Staff|work=Film|access-date=May 30, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> |
In 2012, Tasha Robinson of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' was critical of the film, describing it as a "profoundly hateful film disguised alternately (and erratically) as either tragedy or humor."<ref name="AVC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/our-most-hated-movies-of-the-90s-86560|title=Our most-hated movies of the '90s|last=Staff|first=A.V. Club|work=Film|date=October 12, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> An earlier 2008 review on the site was positive, saying, "Heat used as a metaphor for simmering rage is nothing new, but few films execute sweaty psychosis as well."<ref name="AV2">{{Cite news|url=https://film.avclub.com/its-not-the-heat-its-the-intensity-13-memorable-films-1798214436|title=It's not the heat, it's the intensity: 13 memorable films set during heat waves|last=Staff|work=Film|access-date=May 30, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> |