merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 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-up192arrow-down13
arrow-up189arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 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-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoSatirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 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.
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.
Satirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.
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.