I’m getting tired of the one-sided approach to decolonial narratives in pop culture. So many films try to critique colonialism, but they almost always do it through the eyes of the privileged, rather than those actually affected. Mickey 17 is no exception.
The film adopts a decolonial perspective, aiming to highlight the horrors of colonization. But instead of focusing on the indigenous population of the planet, it tells the story of Mickey, a clone who voluntarily signs up to be…