Why did the 2019 movie Uncut Gems resonate so much with left twitter and chapo? I remember everyone losing their shit when that came out.

  • MsUltraViolet [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    because it's a good movie? why are you all acting like there's some secret reason or agenda? It's just a taught, well shot, frenetic thriller, featuring a memorable and tragically flawed main character, with memorable scenes. Turns out people like movies that are good, folks.

    • DJMSilver [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      you can describe that to many films released that year. the question is why Uncut Gems spread at a high speed internet and what does that reflect on the larger left cultural discourse around that time

      • fed [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        what other mainstream films that year can you ascribe that to

        • DJMSilver [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, The Irishmen etc.

          The point is that its just a list of descriptions that can be applied anywhere, it does not tell us about the film or what it ideologically represents.

          • WhyEssEff [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            okay but like two of those had as if not more influence on the online left compared to uncut gems :joker-troll: :proletariat: