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quilliums · 2 years ago

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Not too be that guy but I'm pretty sure something cannot be trite if most people still don't seem to understand what it means

Even the phrase “eat the rich” feels trite. It neatly sums up a tote bag slogan era of anti-capitalism in culture, cutesy shorthand that’s now entirely representative of a watered down, inoffensive type of politics. You could argue that satire born out of this politics is predictable because its targets are predictable: we all know rich people suck and perhaps they don’t necessarily deserve nuance. But the beauty of good satire is in using a scalpel to eviscerate a subject, by having a distinct perspective and striking with precision. - Patrick Sproull, "Why all “eat the rich” satire looks the same now"

#trite requires understanding #u kinda gotta know wat something is for it be over done #i literally still see 'eat the rich' most often in a context where people have idea way out means #literally just conservatives talking about how liberals are literal cannibals #that or people talking about how everyone with a million dollars is 'the rich'#also this movie is 100% saying fuck rich people they're idiots #but it never once advocates that they shouldn't be rich #a lot of the drama of this movie is centered on who 'earned' the money that miles has #knives out literally called for the distribution of wealth #glass onion uhh doesn't #as far being in the same genre with the same over all message they're as far apart as you can get #because glass onion doesn't end with anyone but miles being screwed #literally everyone is better of without now that duke is dead and doesn't count #they will make more money without him because he was about to ruin them all #and Helen doesn't get the company there's no wealth that hey distributed from a rich person to anyone else #Andi didn't own alpha when she died and didn't leave a will to give it to Helen #everyone sharing to testify against miles must first admit to perjury to even start their statement #so ya that's all gonna get tossed out as testimony from unreliable witnesses #so it'll be Helens word against miles at the end of day and nothing changes #he's probably gonna go down for dukes murder and whoever is currently on the board of alpha will run the company for a few years #it's it s cathartic ending? yes #is it really within the bounds of specifically 'eat the rich'? nope #it's just a straight up and down commentary of the current state of who gets rich and why #that's about it

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