the "communist brainwashing" trope is kind of amusing from an "oh no, this person is no longer under the sway of our propaganda espousing hegemonic discourses... they must have been brainwashed!"
reminds me of that samurai jack episode with the Woolies, where jack puts on that helmet and sees the story of how the once peaceful and sophisticated Woolies were enslaved by the invading Chritchellites. jack, upon learning this, decides to fight for the Woolies and liberate them, leading a Chritchellites to say something like, "he's been brainwashed by their mind control device!"
Yuri is a "the communists just want to brainwash everyone and control their minds" figure. It's foreshadowing the expansion packs.
the "communist brainwashing" trope is kind of amusing from an "oh no, this person is no longer under the sway of our propaganda espousing hegemonic discourses... they must have been brainwashed!"
reminds me of that samurai jack episode with the Woolies, where jack puts on that helmet and sees the story of how the once peaceful and sophisticated Woolies were enslaved by the invading Chritchellites. jack, upon learning this, decides to fight for the Woolies and liberate them, leading a Chritchellites to say something like, "he's been brainwashed by their mind control device!"
"Jump good" probably the episode I think they played the most. I swear they showed it more than any other when it was airing.