• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    I haven't seen the movie or read anything about it.

    But the writer also wrote a sequel to God's Not Dead, if that gives any indication of where this sits on the reality/lunatic spectrum of right wing shithousery.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      lol I've seen clips of the first one and holy shit it's so obvious they only read Wikipedia and Spark's Notes for anything longer than Green Ham and Eggs.

  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I HAAAATE biopics about recent history. It's not entertainment. Doesn't matter if red or blue tinged it's still trash because the story needs to be "interesting" instead of the horrifying truth:

    There is only power. And those who desire power above anything else.
    And people who want other things. The rest is just window dressing.

      • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        I'm sort of fine with fictional shows like The White House which are basically fantasy. I also like cop shows even though I know they are basically cop propaganda, it's just the justice fantasy and solving crimes is fun. As long as they don't muddle the water with recent real events.

  • xyzzy@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I wonder if they include the conversation between Reagan and Nixon where Reagan called black people "monkeys."

    Or the Lee Atwater quote where he talks about his strategic use of dog whistles and starts it off by saying the N-word three times.

    Man, Reagan sucked.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Reagan briefly skims past the Iran-Contra scandal, which Reagan handles by “doing what you do best—tell them the truth.” Reagan doesn’t prove that honesty is its main character’s strong suit, per se, but that’s beside the point; McNamara is only interested in suggesting that, at every turn, Reagan was a staunch defender of down-home American (and Christian) values, and instilled respect in his allies—such as Margaret Thatcher (Lesley-Anne Down), who exclaims “Well done, cowboy!” after his Berlin Wall remarks—and terror in his adversaries.

    what-the-hell