Global Sadfleck: How Ben Affleck’s Face Became the World Economy’s Mood Ring
Affleck, the Accidental Geopolitician: How One Bostonian Became the UN’s Unwilling Rorschach Test It began, like most modern tragedies, on a red carpet: Ben Affleck—actor, director, tabloid chew-toy, and, improbably, global policy Rorschach—stood outside the Venice Film Festival in 2023 wearing a face that looked like it had just read the IMF’s latest outlook. The…