Massive spoilers follow!

Anyone who wants to pretend that writer-director Rian Johnson's series of "Knives Out" movies isn't political is fooling themselves (although, to be fair, I think that's a pretty difficult and perhaps impossible stance to defend). Johnson's work, in a broader sense, is political; his single "Star Wars" project, "The Last Jedi," is probably up there with "Andor" as one of that franchise's more overtly political outings. To that end, Johnson's third "Knives Out" movie, "Wake Up Dead Man,," which reunites him with his star Daniel Craig and assembles a phenomenal group of performers for the duo's latest murder mystery featuring master detective Benoit Blanc (Craig), is the most political one so far, and for good reason.

Before I get into it, here's a little backgroun

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