What in OP’s post makes you wonder that?
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Artyom@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I only have one question for you; who did you vote for?
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Artyom@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The thing that really got me thinking on it was that he never even mentioned that Mark Ruffalo is a very literal allegory for Trump. I find the most common way of criticizing anti-Trump art is to avoid acknowledging its relation to him, even if any other criticism you can give is fairly superficial. The Boys and Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show come to mind as recent examples.
The movie was first and foremost a criticism of Trumpism and late-stage capitalism, the sci-fi setting was merely incidental. If you leave all that stuff out, yeah, of course it was a bland sci-fi movie, it was also about 10 minutes long!
maegul@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Somehow I’m only seeing this reply now.
Like I said in a sibling response, I’m not from or in the US.
Otherwise, I was completely aware of what the character was a parody of. But I think that only contributed to my issues with the film.
Not because I’m a Trump supporter … I’m down for a parody of him any day, but because I don’t think it was done well or had anything to offer beyond what’s already out there generally … and yet, because it was a trump parody, we were all supposed to like or respect it?
If it was early or prescient (like, before 2016), sure, maybe, but in 2025, doing a trump thing without providing something meaningful and that helps us understand how he’s in power better, is probably a net negative TBH.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I haven’t seen it not heard about Ruffalo’s character. Thank you for explaining!
maegul@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I’m not sure I understand you.
If this is a US politics thing … I’m not USian.