https://reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t1ntcb/urban_warfare_tips_from_a_former_marine/

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I know so. Many. People. That took the entire movie as "military cool, drill sergeant is funny man, too bad that fat idiot killed him before killing himself."

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      It really does put some basis around the theory that it is impossible to create a media product critical of fascism, because the fascist will simply glorify the parts they want and ignore the rest. I really do believe in the 'death of the author' for media analysis because of this tendency.

      • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Lindsay Ellis's shit takes aside, she makes a very good case for parodying fascism (Nazism in particular). Fascists haven't appropriated Mel Brooks's lampoons of fascism. They unironically love American History X and sing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me". Nazis do not love "Springtime for Hitler" in the Producers or Jojo Rabbit because it makes them look silly and dumb. Fascists don't have a coherent ideology and build their ethos around telling themselves they are badass warriors, so parodying fascism by making them sing and dance like clowns is good.