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Excellent article and a really good read. Stylistically Edgar Wright is up there with the best directors around and perhaps thematically is where he is weaker in regard to Auteur status. But you pick up on an excellent point in regard to his “masculinity in crisis” lead male characters who are somehow trapped by circumstances, life decisions or weakness in character. I guess the only character who was arguably Alpha was Office Angel but even then his brilliance as a cop worked against him meaning he was dumped in a small town against his wishes.