Forrest Gump: History Class

Matt and especially Tim are never far from railing on Forrest Gump, that famed jaunt through the 20th century with terrible disability politics and Tom Hanks doing a funny voice. We’re constitutionally unable to let that go, but Tim does try to steer us to the theme of History Class with two films inhabiting specific places and eras in Meek’s Cutoff and Zodiac. We like those films much more and good discussion of historicism and representation follows.