April 10, 2011

A TRIBE CALLED LIBERTAIAN:

Atlas Shrugged. And So Did I. (P.J. O’Rourke, 4/08/11, WSJ)

The movie version of Ayn Rand’s novel treats its source material with such formal, reverent ceremoniousness that the uninitiated will feel they’ve wandered without a guide into the midst of the elaborate and interminable rituals of some obscure exotic tribe.

Meanwhile, one half expects teenage boys to be led out of the theater in their raincoats, like Pee Wee Herman.

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Posted by at April 10, 2011 5:52 PM
  

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