merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoHow have your opinions on media you once enjoyed changed over time? Are there movies or shows you used to find funny but no longer do?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down13
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareHow have your opinions on media you once enjoyed changed over time? Are there movies or shows you used to find funny but no longer do?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 months agoHuh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn’t get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoThey are everywhere for a reason. The people who commonly drop n-bombs aren’t the heroes. Hell, the redemption of the town is that they’ll be less racist going forward.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoSatirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.
Huh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn’t get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.
They are everywhere for a reason. The people who commonly drop n-bombs aren’t the heroes. Hell, the redemption of the town is that they’ll be less racist going forward.
Satirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.