CoolerOpposide [she/her]@hexbear.netM to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoNext I want to watch that movie about those guys with the cool business cardshexbear.netimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down10
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minus-squareChaosMaterialist [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 years agoThe tragedy of these movies is they are so good at reflecting back a critique of your existing social condition, a person can mistake that reflection as the only interpretation. I’ll add The Matrix to this list too.
minus-squaretactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoAnd miss the idea that it’s critiquing at all.
minus-squareCoolerOpposide [she/her]@hexbear.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoZizek moment
The tragedy of these movies is they are so good at reflecting back a critique of your existing social condition, a person can mistake that reflection as the only interpretation. I’ll add The Matrix to this list too.
And miss the idea that it’s critiquing at all.
Zizek moment