Bird challenges societal dogma.

Cillian Murphy, humanist actor. 

When a movie/play is about a sizable family gathering, you can count on early conversations being rife with exposition clearly mapping out their family tree. 

Casting recognizable actors in undersized roles can meaningfully dupe audience expectations. 

An unexpectedly abrupt ending can prompt consideration of why the story concludes on such a surprisingly unresolved note. 

To show or not to show, that is a fundamental question of storytelling. 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is an allegory about the social relations between a Christian majority and a Jewish minority.