Though the character of Indiana Jones or Harrison Ford as a person aren’t really worth to aspire to. Sure, the nazi punching part is great but being a sexist piece of shit isn’t…
Comment on unleash your humanities
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I like your take, but I still prefer this iteration:
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 week ago
HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good here
melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
okay, so, ford I get, but jones was, for a 1930s guy, slightly above average.
and I’ll put up with a LOT of misogyny to get some nazis punched.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 week ago
Why do you choose to see Jones in the context of the 1930s? It is character based on the values of the 80s and onward. On top of being misogynistic, the character of Indiana Jones is also being the white hero playing into many racist tropes. So using Jones as this Nazi fighting hero doesn’t work even on the most basic level. Again, I’m all for punching Nazis, but we should choose better heroes or even better: no heroes at all!
melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I’m pretty sure they were based on books. I could be wrong.
problematic is not the same as nazi. as demonstrated by many of our (great) grandfathers, who killed a whole buncha nazis, and generally believed killing nazis was cool and good, but were still massively racist homophobic transphobic misogynist assholes. again, you can call me whatever slurs you want, as long as you’re shooting nazis in the head while you do.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Did they reinvent the onion?