Yeah you had me at the telenovela part tbh, I get people enjoying something non-cerebral in a comfort food kinda way. I guess the Disney IP pandering did make the idea sound a lot less appealing to me than it actually is.
I love the comfort food comparison, that is so perfect! Telenovelas are such a great medium because they’re really honest about what they’re trying to do.
A lot of American stuff is more hesitant about being sincere even when its camp. American movies will also genre bend more, which is fine and can be cool, but often muddles the tone of the movie imo.
I love John Waters movies for defying this because they just go HAM. I remember someone posted a video here a while ago where Divine shoots a pig with a 12 gauge and then an army of queer people cannibalize the cop. That rocks. It’s brave and it isn’t afraid to just go there.
Right? Not trying to counterjerk just to counterjerk, I’m just a girl who loves pulp in her pop culture orange juice.
Yeah you had me at the telenovela part tbh, I get people enjoying something non-cerebral in a comfort food kinda way. I guess the Disney IP pandering did make the idea sound a lot less appealing to me than it actually is.
I love the comfort food comparison, that is so perfect! Telenovelas are such a great medium because they’re really honest about what they’re trying to do.
A lot of American stuff is more hesitant about being sincere even when its camp. American movies will also genre bend more, which is fine and can be cool, but often muddles the tone of the movie imo.
I love John Waters movies for defying this because they just go HAM. I remember someone posted a video here a while ago where Divine shoots a pig with a 12 gauge and then an army of queer people cannibalize the cop. That rocks. It’s brave and it isn’t afraid to just go there.