• Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
    hexbear
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    edit-2
    5 months ago

    Of course, because Heinlein was a fascist writing a fascist book; all Verhoeven had to do was turn and wink at the camera every 20 minutes (not to take away from Starship Troopers as a good film) and even then it took a decade for people to figure out it was satire.

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
      hexbear
      35
      5 months ago

      Verhoeven supposedly couldn’t bring himself to finish reading the book because it disgusted him so much