I remember watching the first episode of this out of morbid curiosity. As I recall most of the “jokes” and skits were basically “look at this feminist! Aren’t the things she thinks funny?”
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“Chicks, amirite?” [holds up hand for unrequited high five]
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I dunno, Ghostbusters made money and a lot of people still don’t notice its reactionary politics
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There was a clear “yay for small-business entrepreneurs, down with big-government regulation” undercurrent in that movie but I don’t recall the jokes themselves leaning especially conservative. Am I forgetting something?
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I haven’t seen it in a long time, but the whole subplot where it was supposed to be hilarious that incel dude was gonna do it with Sigourney Weaver wasn’t exactly woke either
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Well, fuck me.
[mopes, kicks a rock]
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That was a problematic sub-plot in a lot of '80s comedies of varying quality (“Revenge of the Nerds”, “16 Candles”, and “Porky’s” immediately come to mind). I can’t put the trope down to being a specifically conservative ideological statement but rather ascribe it to the casually sexist nature of American culture at the time.
That’s closer to it being conservative and anti-statist, but really I just think they needed the obligatory authority-figure villain and an EPA bureaucrat fit the bill for the plot.
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it didn’t really show in most of her books
That was the “revised version” of the title - the original is much worse.
A link to it (I’m not gonna post it) is here
That notwithstanding, it’s a great story - the recent BBC adaptation is particularly good.
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Nor is rock music, from all appearances.
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Four words: dodecatuple secret platinum account.
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Nor is painting…
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Oh boy…I had no idea about that original title
Not a fan of McNaughton, I take it?
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