'Bombshell' Imitates, But Fails To Enlighten
Bombshell features some eerie imitations of figures involved in the Fox News harassment allegations that brought down Roger Ailes. But star-studded though it is, it doesn't quite hold together.
There's something distastefully playful about the title being attached to a film about the sexual harassment scandal that, in a matter of weeks, led to the resignation of hugely powerful Fox News chief Roger Ailes in 2016. Sure, former anchor was a bombshell in the news sense; so was the . But the three women at the center of the story of the film — Carlson (Nicole Kidman), Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and the fictional young and eager producer Kayla (Margot Robbie) — are all attractive blondes. Calling a film about their sexual harassment introduces a flat, sexpot stereotype into
