The Ludicrous Beauty of <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em>
It’s just what every cineplex in the country needs.
In the original , the enemy is intentionally obscure: anonymous pilots flying MiGs from a hostile but unnamed country who have to be chased away and shot down by the heroic Maverick (played by Tom Cruise) and his fellow graduates of the Top Gun naval flight school. Who exactly the enemy is does not matter. What matters is that the is America. was a highly successful, undeniably compelling advertisement for brash 1980s jingoism. Now, 36 years later, after many pandemic-induced delays, comes , a legacy sequel that brings the same hotshot pilot back
