merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHow have your opinions on media you once enjoyed changed over time? Are there movies or shows you used to find funny but no longer do?message-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down13
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareHow have your opinions on media you once enjoyed changed over time? Are there movies or shows you used to find funny but no longer do?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months agoHuh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn’t get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoSatirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoThey are everywhere for a reason. The people who commonly drop n-bombs aren’t the heroes. Hell, the redemption of the town is that they’ll be less racist going forward.
Huh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn’t get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.
Satirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.
They are everywhere for a reason. The people who commonly drop n-bombs aren’t the heroes. Hell, the redemption of the town is that they’ll be less racist going forward.