American Psycho is excellent though, if someone walks out of that film thinking Bateman is a cool guy then there's probably not much hope for them

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    2 years ago

    :edgeworth-shrug:

    it’s impossible for 100% of the author’s intended message to reach 100% of the intended audience

    This is where I start to disagree. Something shouldn't need to be 100% effective to be better advised to lean in that direction compared to "well if anyone gets the wrong message, all bets are off" which may as well be no message at all (which isn't how chud entertainers present their own their chud media, except when confronted by non-chuds). I'd rather 10% of an audience be hopelessly lost than 50%.

    it will get the point across appropriately

    Even well-crafted satire can miss the mark if the audience is that ignorant. I'm not saying never use satire, but at this point entertainers should be aware of just how dense contemporary audiences can be.