Cedars, December 2019

December 2019 15 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Trek,” “Coco”) turns in one of the most ex- perimental scores of his career, giving the feeling of childlike awe and wonder. It’s up- beat and matches Waititi’s oddball directo- rial style perfectly. Though fun, “Jojo Rabbit” is an un- expectedly difficult watch. Every come- dic moment has an underlying tone of distaste for the fact that a lot of what’s being shown on screen is what German children were actually being taught. They were raised to believe they were the su- perior race and that Jewish people were evil monsters. It makes for funny jokes because it’s all so ridiculous in retrospect, but it’s simultaneously sickening because the Holocaust was real and millions of Jews really did die. “Jojo Rabbit” masquerades as a screw- ball comedy, but as it progresses, the seri- ous subject matter becomes more and more pivotal to the story, resulting in an awe-in- spiring spectacle of a film that motivates as much as it entertains. Hunter Johnson is a junior Theatre major and an arts and entertainment writer for Cedars. He spends his time acting on stage, reading and watching “Star Wars” and oc- casionally doing homework.