I'm sick of doomer posts and I want to laugh at hidden weird reactionary sentiments in children's books.

  • WindowSicko [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    RLM has a good video on it that compares the trials of Willy Wonka to that of temptation and Uncle Joe at every is at every turn trying to corrupt his grandson to sin. It's an interpretation, I'm too tired to argue about Captialism

    • extremesatanism [they/them]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      thats super fucking stupid.

      not the interpretation, just that some writer thought it was important to make kids afraid of normal behavior under threat of excruciating agony

      • WindowSicko [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I haven't rewatched it in a long time. I don't know what Roald Dahl intention was, he definitely has some of that unfortunate in retrospect stuff that only a British author could do, like the stuff about Oompah loompas being imported slaves that love to work.

        • extremesatanism [they/them]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          i think books that morally judge children just bother me

          also, :agony-minion: yeah