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11) Molly: An American Girl on the Homefront-Down with Lindbergh!


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This third dive into the world of American Girl Doll has left Ryan and Caitlin feeling more than a bit cold. While they can certainly appreciate the movie's giddy embrace of 1940s pop culture and weaving in all the old familiar wartime themes (here represented by a traumatized British girl and Molly Ringwald in her best Rosie the Riveter cosplay), it lacks the depth of character and social insight that were such unexpected highlights of the first two. But don't worry too much: if you can't on anything in this series, it's Caitlin pointing out the sapphic subtext.
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