The Destructive Power of Espionage

The Trouble with Bond, Pt. 1

I am obsessed with James Bond movies. If there is a listless night on the couch, I am usually in the mood for one of the oldies, one of the problematic ones. Connery, Lazenby, and Moore. It’s a bit of action, history, and absurdity that delights me without too much commitment to a complex plot. But it also means there are things I admire and things… that make me clench my teeth.

James Bond is a seemingly shallow man of hollow motivations, only acting for love of country or completion of a mission…