Idiocracy: A disturbingly prophetic look at the future
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Idiocracy: A disturbingly prophetic look at the future
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#3I'm not convinced that the author's favored political positions are above satire.
>A blunt-smoking doctor at the hospital (Justin Long) is shocked that Joe doesn’t have a barcode on his arm, like everybody else, and asks, “Why come you no have a tattoo?”
Yet, the author seems to be a fan of the bio-security state rationalized by the covid emergency.
>...climate deniers...
Is this not also a bastardization of language? Is anyone denying that the earth has a climate? To be fair to the author, it seems like a deliberate trashing of nuance.
Yes, the movie is funny, but the review is a bit smug. The depopulation part was a bit over the top. From the opposing perspective the causes he champions such as "BirthStrikers" seem like willing rubes for authoritarians. If he can dish it out, then perhaps he should look in the mirror.
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#4First time I had a revelation that we are close to Idiocracy was when I saw the movie Crank which came out the same year. It a had vibe so close to "Ow my b*lls" movie featured in Idiocracy. And I was entertained.
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#5I'm not convinced that the author's favored political positions are above satire. >A blunt-smoking doctor at the hospital (Justin Long) is shocked that Joe doesn’t have a barcode on his arm, like everybody else, and asks, “Why come you no have a tattoo?” Yet, the author seems to be a fan of the bio-security state rationalized by the covid emergency. >...climate deniers... Is this not also a bastardization of language…
> Is this not also a bastardization of language? Is anyone denying that the earth has a climate? To be fair to the author, it seems like a deliberate trashing of nuance.
Do you actually not understand what the author means by “climate deniers”? The intended meaning seems quite clear to me.
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#6I'm not convinced that the author's favored political positions are above satire. >A blunt-smoking doctor at the hospital (Justin Long) is shocked that Joe doesn’t have a barcode on his arm, like everybody else, and asks, “Why come you no have a tattoo?” Yet, the author seems to be a fan of the bio-security state rationalized by the covid emergency. >...climate deniers... Is this not also a bastardization of language…
> Is this not also a bastardization of language? Is anyone denying that the earth has a climate? To be fair to the author, it seems like a deliberate trashing of nuance. Do you actually not understand what the author means by “climate deniers”? The intended meaning seems quite clear to me.
I'm sure everyone knows what the author means. Yet you can still say that it's inaccurate and only used for effect: the framing is that it's adjacent to holocaust deniers.
If you're not a fan of that kind of use of language, you can criticize it while still understanding what the author wanted to convey ("those people").
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#7I'm not convinced that the author's favored political positions are above satire. >A blunt-smoking doctor at the hospital (Justin Long) is shocked that Joe doesn’t have a barcode on his arm, like everybody else, and asks, “Why come you no have a tattoo?” Yet, the author seems to be a fan of the bio-security state rationalized by the covid emergency. >...climate deniers... Is this not also a bastardization of language…
> Is this not also a bastardization of language? Is anyone denying that the earth has a climate? To be fair to the author, it seems like a deliberate trashing of nuance. Do you actually not understand what the author means by “climate deniers”? The intended meaning seems quite clear to me.
Sure, in the same sense that I also understood what Justin Long's character meant when he said, "Why come you no have a tattoo?”, which is entirely what your parent comments point was.
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#8Don't Look Up, currently out on Netflix, seems to owe a fair amount to Idiocracy. And/or to the ways in which American culture morphed into Idiocracy over the last several years.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Is this not also a bastardization of language? Is anyone denying that the earth has a climate? To be fair to the author, it seems like a deliberate trashing of nuance. Do you actually not understand what the author means by “climate deniers”? The intended meaning seems quite clear to me.
I'm sure everyone knows what the author means. Yet you can still say that it's inaccurate and only used for effect: the framing is that it's adjacent to holocaust deniers. If you're not a fan of that kind of use of language, you can criticize it while still understanding what the author wanted to convey ("those people").
The specific complaint was that it “trashes nuance.” But if everyone knows what the author means, in what sense is nuance being trashed?
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#10"The underlying message of course is that humans ought to take such things as science, research and knowledge seriously, lest we create our own Idiocracy."
Rather, I felt the underlying message of the film is that the film is a critique of the consumerism and corporatism of the US. The 'idiocracy' with how the government runs, the downward trend of education in the US, and the pessimistic views of our future.