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Anon watches The Whale (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I think Flight Club is a better idea of the right people walking away with the wrong message.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    RoboCop and Starship Troopers (by the same director, no less) are other examples of people completely missing the point, and taking the film at face value.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Robocop’s message was pretty simple, I thought. If you do crime, you’ll get your genitals shot off by a cyborg.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not a movie, but RATM is my favorite example of this. Or the Punisher.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    “Some of those that burn torches are the same that burn crosses!” Yeah!! Woohoo!! What fun music. Go GOP!!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Correction: "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses."

    Zack's saying that the police aren't your friends, and if you're a certain ethnicity some of them are actively trying to eradicate you.

    In that context, that MAGAts are championing that song is even more sinister than them just missing the point.

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