Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Movies & TV@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agoYay, dystopia!hexbear.netimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageYay, dystopia!hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Movies & TV@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-26 days agoI mean the first film(retroactively called a new hopw) is a very on the nose Viet cong/NVA(the rebel alliance) vs the US(the empire) allegory but yeah in totality you’re right
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days agoThat’s true, but an allegory being extremely on the nose is not necessarily enough to get amerikkkans to understand it
minus-squareGenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 days agoThe allegory could be someone holding the camera to their face and literally saying “This movie is about how fucking bad amerikka is!” and they would still talk about how much like China the depicted dystopia actually was.
I mean the first film(retroactively called a new hopw) is a very on the nose Viet cong/NVA(the rebel alliance) vs the US(the empire) allegory
but yeah in totality you’re right
That’s true, but an allegory being extremely on the nose is not necessarily enough to get amerikkkans to understand it
The allegory could be someone holding the camera to their face and literally saying “This movie is about how fucking bad amerikka is!” and they would still talk about how much like China the depicted dystopia actually was.