#so ya that's all gonna get tossed out as testimony from unreliable witnesses
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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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