Maybe Get Out was a fluke.

“The reason he doesn’t achieve his version of those films isn’t because he lacks the ambition or the creativity, but because he seems to be working backwards from the metaphors he wants to explore and only later defining them in a concrete narrative.”

Maude is a good one that people often forget. There were a surprising amount in the 80s, the most noteworthy being Dirty Dancing and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 

I agree with the second part, but it can definitely still be seen as a condemnation of toxic masculinity because “toxic masculinity” is not simply a two-word phrase, it is a set of propositions about the words, and as such these ideas can exist even if the term for them doesn’t exist.

I think Juno can definitely be studied in the context of the times, in the sense of a study of American cultural history, but not a direct commentary on the times, more as a cultural product from a certain era. 

I personally think the students got it right.

I thought it was very real and believable of one person’s experience, trauma, and growth. It reminds me of Citizen Ruth, in that you have this bigger, societal debate, but the real, messy individuals who live through history need to make decisions based on their own needs and desires. In that way, it’s definitely…

This definitely reflects the last era in America when art could be primarily personal, and unconcerned with the larger Culture or Discourse. 

This is the modern AV Club you’re talking to here.

Yeah but you’re flying way under the radar for contemporary AV Club writers.

Good call. I would add Lynch and Dern.

Was The Limey before or after?

And the fact that somebody who doesn’t get the intent can have a soapbox through social media is the reason why no one wants to tackle real satire any longer.

Fuck, that hits hard when you see it all laid out there like that. 

To teach kids the importance of not shoplifting; the same reason Homer took Bart to all those Police Academy movies.

Sunny, which is allowed to continue airing because it’s basically grandfathered in, and because they were pressured to scrub their blackface episodes from streaming and syndication. Although, to be fair, you can still hear Charlie say the N-word in season 1 in streaming, though I’m fairly certain that never gets…

By today’s standards, you cannot accurately depict racism for the purpose of making fun of racism. A, the degree of nuance and irony necessary to depict the ugliness of racism is taboo, and B, if there’s any chance a single viewer un-ironically enjoys the depiction of racism, then that is the fault of satirist.…

Now time for questions; keeping in mind that I already explained about the hair...

Is it supposed to be a “real astronaut” (in the reality of Andy’s world)? I thought it was the movie that Andy watched in... I guess 1992? 

I guess there’s a difference for a basic-cable afternoon TV show production and a major studio film?