'La La Land' Is Dreamy, but a Film in the Wrong Year | Sojourners

'La La Land' Is Dreamy, but a Film in the Wrong Year

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Mia's and Sebastian's problems are, at best, first-world problems. Not only do they make the story less interesting, they make the characters seem petty as well. There are plenty of people living in L.A. with perfectly reasonable dreams whose lives are much harder than Mia and Sebastian’s, but still make it work. Some of their stories even make great movies, such as 2015’s trans buddy comedy Tangerine.

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