Anastasia (1997) has to be a contender. The message is literally "communism is bad because it got in the way of the Romanovs having fancy parties and wearing expensive clothes"

  • xiaoping_showdown [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Yes. I love the show, but it's so grating that the Avatar's role to "restore balance" always just means "maintain status quo". They missed the opportunity for an actually interesting storyline when they had Wu step down as king. Like if you just let the right king come into power they'll voluntarily cede.

    I was really hoping for an arc where I got to see Wu killed by revolutionaries, but alas, the show was written by liberals.

      • xiaoping_showdown [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah but the monarch was assassinated by a villain. It should've been Korra or an Earth kingdom rebellion army, but "killing people is wrong" even if the target is actively killing/torturing, so we can only justify this plot point by having the villain do it.

        I hate this trope in every medium that does it.