is King of the Hill really that conservative? like I know that most the people in the show are, but I feel like the show kinda mocks their politics more than it supports them
The show seems to simultaneously take the premise that Hank Hill is the most naïve, brainwashed American there ever was, but that he is also right about everything.
Hank is like an idealized version of Yer Dad. He's what everyone imagined the typical conservative to be like until Trumpism happened and they all ripped the mask off.
I just realized that a season of Hank getting radicalized into a QAnon guy could be one of the greatest TV shows ever. Every episode is a new euphemism dying, or norm getting violated, until by the end the character you have is unrecognizable standing next to where he started, and he alienates his family and friends and goes looking deeper into reaction to fill the void that his politics created. Then Jan 6 2021 is the season finale and the greatest day of Hank's new life, and the show's end credits play over him blowing up at an airport cop because he's been put on the no-fly list.
Mike Judge said that he would absolutely not vote for Trump, for what it's worth.
He's also gone against some Republicans for bizarre reasons. Like Bush's limp handshake. I could imagine him being anti-Trump but for a reason like he eats his steaks well done.
he's right about some things, wrong about others- mostly he is "right" in that he is a good and moral person, although he doesn't connect his values to some of his disassociated political views (which are basically Republicans/LBJ good because Texas). I do think the show does a good job of explaining that the real world is not nor never has been the way he imagines it, it's just not surface-level text. Hank's mom mentions that she drove a taxi to help make ends meet after Hank says he wants Peggy to be a stay-at-home mom and his response is that "I remember you had a yellow car for a while". If you haven't revisited the series definitely give it a whirl- the first season is not my favorite, but the snow storm episode in season 2 through to the end of the series is great in my opinion. Obviously a few duds in between, but fewer than I remembered.
is King of the Hill really that conservative? like I know that most the people in the show are, but I feel like the show kinda mocks their politics more than it supports them
The show seems to simultaneously take the premise that Hank Hill is the most naïve, brainwashed American there ever was, but that he is also right about everything.
Hank is like an idealized version of Yer Dad. He's what everyone imagined the typical conservative to be like until Trumpism happened and they all ripped the mask off.
I just realized that a season of Hank getting radicalized into a QAnon guy could be one of the greatest TV shows ever. Every episode is a new euphemism dying, or norm getting violated, until by the end the character you have is unrecognizable standing next to where he started, and he alienates his family and friends and goes looking deeper into reaction to fill the void that his politics created. Then Jan 6 2021 is the season finale and the greatest day of Hank's new life, and the show's end credits play over him blowing up at an airport cop because he's been put on the no-fly list.
The punchline, of course, is that Dale rejects QAnon out-of-hand as made up by the Eff Bee Eye to hide the REAL truth
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Fuck, get Mike Judge on the phone immediately
Hank Hill is the conservative that liberals wish existed/some West Wing types think actually do exist.
I remember a discussion about whether hank hill would've voted Trump.
Most people argued he would either not vote, or he would begrudgingly vote Trump and defect later on.
Mike Judge said that he would absolutely not vote for Trump, for what it's worth.
He's also gone against some Republicans for bizarre reasons. Like Bush's limp handshake. I could imagine him being anti-Trump but for a reason like he eats his steaks well done.
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:jeb:
He would write in Ronald Reagan or some shit like that
Holy shit I created that copypasta/shitpost.
I'm so happy you mentioned that. But, yeah, that was the end result he begrudgingly becomes a trump guy
A lot of different people did, I'm talking about one I saw on reddit a few years ago. Must have been asked dozens of times on different forums
Lmao oh dang I thought I was original.
he'd have written in Kasich
he's right about some things, wrong about others- mostly he is "right" in that he is a good and moral person, although he doesn't connect his values to some of his disassociated political views (which are basically Republicans/LBJ good because Texas). I do think the show does a good job of explaining that the real world is not nor never has been the way he imagines it, it's just not surface-level text. Hank's mom mentions that she drove a taxi to help make ends meet after Hank says he wants Peggy to be a stay-at-home mom and his response is that "I remember you had a yellow car for a while". If you haven't revisited the series definitely give it a whirl- the first season is not my favorite, but the snow storm episode in season 2 through to the end of the series is great in my opinion. Obviously a few duds in between, but fewer than I remembered.
It's a "both sides" type of libertarianism
Maybe. Any mocking is very...subtle. It has highly conservative vibes but it also doesn't feel like a normal conservative show
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