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re: How "woke" is They Live?

Posted on 10/23/21 at 6:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist

Posted by SEClint

New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR

Member since Nov 2006

49487 posts

Posted on 10/23/21 at 6:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist

A black man is forced to eat that trashcan. So not very.

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Posted by UndercoverBryologist

Member since Nov 2020

8077 posts

Posted on 10/23/21 at 6:41 pm to SEClint

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eat that trashcan

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Posted by Freauxzen

Washington

Member since Feb 2006

38656 posts

Posted on 10/23/21 at 6:42 pm to Jack Ruby

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It was a very strong anti-Reagan era consumerism work when it came out in the late 80s, but over time, it morphed into an gigantic anti-leftist, anti-authoritarion, anti-establishment work, much like Orwell's 1984 did... Which was originally written as an anti-right wing, anti fascist novel coming off Nazi Germany and WWII.

This guy gets it.

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Either way, They Live is a pretty genius work and one that should be shown alomg with 1984 as required reading/viewing in every high school.

Also this.

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Posted by Dire Wolf

bawcomville

Member since Sep 2008

40313 posts

Posted on 10/23/21 at 7:13 pm to Scruffy

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It was clearly a critique of the Reagan era.

People just disagree in that it applies the same way now

I think it’s very much of its time but John carpenter is a really good director so it’s more timeless than it would be in lessor hands . The movie still plays to anyone that is anti-authoritarian

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