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Has there been any movie where fictional characters aren't associated with societal issues? I ask because I'm pretty sure every single movie does this.
Edit: OP Deleted their comment.
That's wild. Superman fought the KKK and Nazis. He fought for equal rights. My man threw nuclear missiles into the sun in the 80s for demilitarization. Superman is a political figure fighting for a better society. He just also happens to fight big space monsters from time to time as well.
Show me a piece of fiction which has nothing to say about societal issues and I'll show you a fucking boring piece of fiction.
Show me a piece of fiction which has nothing to say about societal issues and I’ll show you an author or reader who doesn’t understand literature.
I don’t think it’s even possible for a participant in society to write something that has nothing to do with society. We are all affected by our environments. Fish might not notice the ocean, but it doesn’t mean that they could write something that doesn’t involve the ocean, to really stretch a metaphor.
I agree, but wasn't sure I could adequately defend that assertion if challenged. 🙂
That’s fair, and also why I hedged about participants in society, because maybe ChatGPT could? But I don’t think ChatGPT can really write fiction, for the same reason my cat sitting on a keyboard can’t write fiction- the end product has nothing to do with intention or communication
Again we agree! :)
Superman got into the action 85 years ago.
https://screenrant.com/superman-first-hero-to-beat-up-hitler-not-captain-america/
Superman is woke and also "antifa".
{shudders, and clutches pearls harder}
its like people that get angry at rage against the machine for singing about politics.
... that is the whole point.
They claim that they don't want movies talking about politics, but I bet they'd have no issue if the movie was anti-immigration
-HBomberguy in his Fallout New Vegas video