• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I did say that modern makers of satire should be more than aware by now that a lot of people are statistically likely to miss the satire and to take whatever's being satirized at face value, as what notoriously happened with Verhoven's Starship Troopers film, which was intended to dunk on Heinlein's novel (which Verhoven expressed personal dislike for, and didn't even finish reading), and the director himself expressed frustration and regret about how too many audience members took the film.

    I didn't say it can't be done, but that at this point it really shouldn't be a surprise if the message of something goes over people's heads and something more crude and unintended is absorbed instead.

    EDIT: Fixed a can/can't typo.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I honestly don't remember who or when those arguments were made, or by whom. Maybe I was too busy and distracted getting raged and insulted for what I myself said that stood differently than that.

      • ChestRockwell [comrade/them, any]
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        2 years ago

        I'm too lazy to look through my posts but yeah, there was some real "authors should control every didactic aspect of their art" posting a while back I was pushing against.