Fred Hampton was a radical revolutionary. Judas and the Black Messiah…
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Surprisingly good take for the Guardian.

I could be wrong, but I don't recall hearing the words Marx or Marxism uttered even once in the film. The Queen's Gambit had more mentions of Marxism-Leninism.

  • kuttarbaccha [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Is it worth watching though? Or is it a waste of time if you are a Marxist-Leninist?

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yes, it's a good movie and I enjoyed it a lot. The points mentioned in this article didn't strike me until long after I viewed it.

      The writers seem pretty cool too, judging by the interview with them that I heard on Pod Damn America. They explained Hampton's speeches were too radical to whitewash the anti-capitalism, and they said that Warner Bros. allowed a lot more anti-capitalist and anti-cop content than they expected. However, they didn't say that the studio didn't demand any cuts either, and I was left with the subtext that the suits demanded cuts that the writers were too professional to mention. If that's the case, I'd put my money on it being the Marxism.

      • kuttarbaccha [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        That sounds great, I like American cinema, big fan of Kubrick for "Full Metal Jacket" and "Doctor Strangelove". It's good to see more mainstream hollywood films presenting an anti-capitalist narrative.

          • kuttarbaccha [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            FMJ and Strangelove are remembered as simply being movies.

            Yes, in my opinion the fact that they were really great films made by a real auteur, a master of cinematic language, is part of what makes them so good. A lot of the time propaganda doesn't work very well because although the message is good, it cannot really succeed as art.

            FMJ, especially, has a vocal chud fan base who fetishize all the fucked up things in the movie.

            Apologies, what is chud? I am new here and google is not giving me anything. Based on the context I imagine it is some sort of slang for people who are not very bright?

            • MarxistHedonism [she/her]
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              4 years ago

              It stands for cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller and is reference to the movie CHUD. We use it to describe reactionaries/right wing extremists.