As much as a lot of it is "poor American soldiers losing their mind in the jungle", I feel like of the major Vietnam anti-war movies it comes closest to actually asking "are we the baddies?" rather than just "golly gee isn't war hell"
Like yeah Kurtz is doing the orientalist power trip thing (and in the book too) but he's definitely not supposed to be any sort of good guy, just a different and more end-stage flavour of imperialist arsehole
"American foreign policy is horrendous 'cause not only will America come to your country and kill all your people, but what's worse, I think, is that they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad."
Similarly, the most popular Australian song ever made is about a guy who got so sad killing Vietnamese people that now he has to go and sleep with lots of Hong Kong prostitutes to feel better
As much as a lot of it is "poor American soldiers losing their mind in the jungle", I feel like of the major Vietnam anti-war movies it comes closest to actually asking "are we the baddies?" rather than just "golly gee isn't war hell"
Like yeah Kurtz is doing the orientalist power trip thing (and in the book too) but he's definitely not supposed to be any sort of good guy, just a different and more end-stage flavour of imperialist arsehole
"American foreign policy is horrendous 'cause not only will America come to your country and kill all your people, but what's worse, I think, is that they'll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad."
Similarly, the most popular Australian song ever made is about a guy who got so sad killing Vietnamese people that now he has to go and sleep with lots of Hong Kong prostitutes to feel better
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And yet working class man slaps. In conclusion, jimmy barnes is a land of contrasts
Smoko by The Chats is about that?