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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by danShumway on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:14PM (#37910138)
It's been a while since I saw Up, but isn't the moral of that movie that Carl is holding onto the past too tightly and that doing so has separated him from the outside world and the people around him and colored his perception of them? The emotional climax of the film is Carl throwing away all of his antique furniture that is metaphorically and literally weighing him down, and then the film ends by Carl dropping his house off of a blimp.

I do have sympathy, it's a understandable position for someone to be in, but I'm not sure that Up in specific is the best analogy?

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by aldonius on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @01:02AM (#37910814)
Yes, I think that's a fair interpretation of the moral. Note that Carl changes his mind about what's important to him over the course of the movie. First he lets go of the land (literally, by taking flight) and then later the house.
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