John Wick Parabellum

Thinking about violence in media

NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour re-aired their episode on John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and it’s causing me to revisit my cognitive dissonance about these movies (and violent media in general). Over the last few months, I feel like I’ve seen an uptick in people referencing studies that indicate “violent media does not make Thinking about violence in media