I'm coming around to the idea that Fight Club is bad on an ideological level because it's intended as a satire of toxic masculinity. Durden's social criticism, radicalism, and organizing end up being symptoms of his toxicity instead of decent parts of an otherwise shitty individual, and the ultimate takeaway is that fighting to change society through non-electoral means is just as bad as misogyny and doing bareknuckle boxing instead of going to therapy.
Thing is, Fight Club isn't a straight up satire of toxic masculinity. Both the film and the book have a more complex relationship with it than just "look at the dudes being stupid assholes lmao". Tyler is supposed to be cool, this isn't a misreading of the movie.
I'm coming around to the idea that Fight Club is bad on an ideological level because it's intended as a satire of toxic masculinity. Durden's social criticism, radicalism, and organizing end up being symptoms of his toxicity instead of decent parts of an otherwise shitty individual, and the ultimate takeaway is that fighting to change society through non-electoral means is just as bad as misogyny and doing bareknuckle boxing instead of going to therapy.
Thing is, Fight Club isn't a straight up satire of toxic masculinity. Both the film and the book have a more complex relationship with it than just "look at the dudes being stupid assholes lmao". Tyler is supposed to be cool, this isn't a misreading of the movie.