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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by yosito on Friday January 07, 2022 @07:38AM (#29838394)
I just watched Don't Look Up on Netflix and the propaganda was so thick it actually made the whole movie painful to watch. I suppose it's naive to think that old movies are propaganda-free. But I find myself missing the narratives I grew up with. The new ones are whiny, cynical and uninspiring. At least the old ones inspired me towards positive things.
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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by AA-BA-94-2A-56 on Friday January 07, 2022 @07:54AM (#29838541)
The “propaganda” as you call it is called satire, and it’s actually the entire point of the film.

Propaganda != opinion that you disagree with

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by yosito on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:24AM (#29840165)
As it turns out, satire is a tool often used for propaganda.

And I didn't say I disagree with the point they wanted to make. It just seems like a point made so poorly it was painful to watch.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by AA-BA-94-2A-56 on Friday January 07, 2022 @07:53AM (#29838535)
The “propaganda” as you call it is called satire, and it’s actually the entire point of the film.
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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by yosito on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:22AM (#29840128)
As it turns out, satire is a tool often used for propaganda.
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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by syspec on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:54AM (#29839743)
How was that propaganda?
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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by wccrawford on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:29AM (#29839474)
I'm incredibly anti-Trump and I still fully agree with you.

But I don't think the problem was that it was so "thick" so much as that it was so poorly done. Instead of being funny, it just reminded me of school bullies and general idiots, and was far too easy to write to be good satire.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by yosito on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:23AM (#29840137)
School bullies and general idiots is a good way to put it. It felt like it was written by my 7th grade self.
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