title: “Red Alert” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-07” author: “Robert Skinner”
Mixing fictional characters (a bitter ventriloquist played by Bill Murray) with broad, controversial portraits of real people (Welles is a drunken blowhard here), Robbins eschews leftist diatribes for a bold cartoon version of history. It’s as crowded and energetic as a big parade–and just about as subtle.
