For Birds of Prey, the key is in the subtitle. Emancipation.

“The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.”

That’s right – it’s a hilarious movie about a shin-splintering goddess of chaos grabbing her freedom with both hands, helping some new friends to do the same, and clearing a path for the rest of us. But aren’t there lots of other movies that claim to do that, too? With their cookie-cutte “strong female leads”? What makes Birds of Prey so special? The thing that makes Birds of Prey so special, is that it is made by women, which means that when it does emancipa...

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