Sublime

The subtlety of High Noon is that it allows the viewer to see the western lawman as a cliché. He is a hard man, unbending in his view of what is right, fearless of even insurmountable odds. He would also be dead if that were the end of the story. Frequently unrecognized, Kane’s wife is the decisive character, acting in opposition to her moral value

Whatever the story of the moment happens to be, Princess Heidrophobia is always the lead babe while Lady Maxipad is the fastmouthed soubrette, the heavy lifter, the practical elf who comes while the Princess is sleeping or, more typically, distracted, and gets the real work of the princessipality done.

And Jimmi Simpson so skilfully navigated his character Walton through the comedy of the early scenes, where he’s the jerk CEO in the office, through the fear of being Daly’s plaything on the spaceship to then breaking our hearts by sacrificing himself at the end. The cast were wonderful. It was great fun.

“What’s this for?” she’ll ask. For being the whole free world.