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Guess the director (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 32 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Tbf, the entire point of this guy is that he was made a supe terrorist by a racist asshole fascist super hero, playing the public.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago* (9 children)

    Yeah sure sure. Bunch of Zionists just so happen to think of a reason to portray Muslims as terrorists but can't find an Israeli symbol anywhere. Or wait should they just go full antisemitism? Ohh religious discrimination is only fine against Muslims I forgot.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Buddy you misunderstood the point. The whole show is a massive criticism of both capitalism and racism. The fact that this guy was a caricature was intentional, both in the boys and as a meta statement by the author. It's saying that western fear of middle eastern terrorists is driven by racist propaganda meant to trick people into accepting forever wars to fund the military industrial complex.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    That's the excuse but in the end they got a Muslim on screen blowing himself up and that's what sticks in people's heads. You go to his wiki page and it says "Islamic terrorist".

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not sure how the author's message can be more face up. In the end media literacy is a responsibility of the audience to some degree, and criticizing satire for that which it portrays, or in this case criticizing messaging for that which it mocks is a failure to understand the message.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago*

    I'd be inclined to agree if the directors made any fun of Israel as well but their stereotypes seem to be limited to Christians and Muslims.

    The notable absence of Israel in The Boys which is supposed to be a comedic parody of modern America is telling by itself.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe you should be lecturing those people about artistic literacy instead of crying to us about the art

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe you should start researching where all of the anti-Muslim propaganda originated from and find out that it wasn't caused by the American military industrial complex, but actually by, you guessed it, Israel.

    And by none other than our great friend B. Mileikowski.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago

    I won't because I'm not going to get my knickers in a twist over stuff that fundamentally doesn't matter. It's a caricature on a show known for over the top caricatures. Beyond that I think the whole show is overhyped and I didn't bother to finish it.

    Go volunteer or take a walk or find a hobby. It's not healthy to be so hyper obsessed that you're signal boosting rage content that nobody here would have heard/thought about otherwise.

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