SherBeareth<p>#🎥 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheAtlantic</span></a>— For a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lavish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lavish</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/expensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expensive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/epic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epic</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/1920s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1920s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hollywood</span></a>, Damien <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chazelle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chazelle</span></a>’s new <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Babylon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Babylon</span></a>, introduces itself about as <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scatologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scatologically</span></a> as possible. In its first sequence, a harried gofer named Manny Torres (played by Diego <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Calva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calva</span></a>) tries to transport an elephant into the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hollywood</span></a> Hills for a big-shot <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/producer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>producer</span></a>’s party, a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/farcical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farcical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/task" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>task</span></a> that ends with the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/elephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elephant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pooping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pooping</span></a> on the camera <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lens</span></a>—in a way, on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/viewers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viewers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/themselves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>themselves</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">theatlantic.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>