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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 02:38:04 JST lainy
   > With “Mickey 17,” Bong uses his well-earned status as an industry titan and newfound status as a best picture-winning filmmaker to rip whatever scraps of thin veil were left hanging over his satire to reveal the repugnant face of authoritarianism to his largest audience yet. With his target in sight, Bong spends two hours taking swipes at Trump, ethnic cleansing, the elite’s response to airborne pathogens, human commodification and white people’s disgusting obsession with putrid sauces.
   
   https://www.salon.com/2025/03/07/in-mickey-17-bong-joon-ho-rips-into-with-a-rousing-space-set-satire/
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 07:49:22 JST lainy

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     • WhiteExodite
     @bleedingphoenix i'm pretty sure there's tons of hollywood producers frantically trying to recut their finished movies to be less woke
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     WhiteExodite (bleedingphoenix@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 07:49:23 JST WhiteExodite

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     @lain >we're back to hollywood commentaries on trump for four years
     hooray
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     :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw: (alex@boymilk.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 07:58:13 JST :trans_paw:⛧Alex⛧:trans_paw:

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     The extent of the movie's criticisms of Trump are "I don't like Trump!". Nothing meaningful whatsoever, the villain is nothing like Trump outside of aesthetics and his fans wearing red hats. Nothing about his views felts like an actual critique of Trump - calling him a strawman is being too generous. It honestly reminds me of the King from Fallout NV, with how he was just some dude who found an Elvis impersonator club and decided "oh this guy sounds cool, I should dress like him and mimic his way of speaking" without knowing anything about him. It feels less like a Trump allegory and more like "this character just thinks Trump's accent is cool".
     lainy likes this.