‘Hamnet’ Shoots for Girl Power, Misses the Story

‘Hamnet’ Shoots for Girl Power, Misses the Story

Culture ‘Hamnet’ Shoots for Girl Power, Misses the Story A movie about the Bard’s family life becomes a celebration of the quirky girl.  The women of Gen Z have done a heroic service to society by giving us a name for a hard-to-define but instantly recognizable archetype: the “pick-me girl.” She’s not like the other girls. She rejects feminine conventions for deeper, purer, more authentic modes of being—when the other girls are picking out prom…