Like, to a Marxist/Communist degree.
Heck, kids in the 70s and 80s learned about apartheid, ecology, and feminism from the comics.
How did the show do?
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Like the issue itself, I suspect that answer is personal and varies from viewer to viewer.
and grossed out that Olivers still dating Susan (double yay!)
and surprised that Renes working as Quentins assistant in City Hall (understandable!).
Employees scream, scatter, dive for cover.
Not everyone makes it.
Its one of the most upsetting scenesArrowhas ever done.
They snatch the shooters abandoned weapon before the police can get to it.
Rene, in turn, says he knows shes using again.
Curtis points out that as a black man, hes three times more likely to be killed than Rene.
Former cop Quentin would like fewer guns; former cop Dinah prefers fewer restrictions.
arrives to taunt Oliver: The only difference between us is that I use a more efficient weapon.
He guns down the crime lord and escapes.
The team decides this must be his motive for the attack.
He also stumbles when they ask for his personal opinion, telling them, Its complicated.
We cannot dismiss that idea that we are just feeding into a vicious cycle, he says.
It takes the mayor suggesting new policies.
He does this by summoning Councilwoman Pollard, who killed the gun registry the first time around.
Is the Second Amendment less important than the First?
Oliverpulls a Principal Duvalland tells Pollard to settle in until they have a policy in place.
We disagreehatefully, and it gets us nowhere.
(Except when it comes to white supremacists.
Its okay to disrespectfully disagree with those a-holes.)
What happened to less libelous person of interest phrasing?)
In fact, if hed had a gun, his wife would still be alive.
Rene says hell get the money from the safe, which is actually where he keeps his gun.
But Zoe startles the dealer, who flings her mother aside and starts shooting.
Oliver speaks in a calm, steady voice, asking him not to do this.
In the end, Mayor Hero convinces Edlund to hand over the gun without harming anyone.
Soooo what does it… do, exactly?
Pollard sniffs that shell extract a political price for this someday, but she can live with the proposal.
Cause living is the whole point, Oliver says.
Wild Dog is born.
So expect to see that story line again.
Hard choices require bravery, he says.
And we dont run from hard choices.
OKAY, BUT WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF THIS POLICY, OLIVER?
A CONFUSED NATION WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR GRAND COMPROMISE!
Was this topic handled perfectly?
It started a conversation, and thats something.
