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[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yeah but The Incredibles is basically Randian propaganda about how the unexceptional are intimidated by exceptional people and force them to perform inadequacy for the comfort of others and how this is a net loss for society.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The Incredibles isn't Randian propaganda by any stretch. This interpretation is wildly missing the film's messages about society. Brad Bird, the director, called the "Ayn Rand" interpretation of the film "nonsense" and "ridiculous" in multiple interviews when this interpretation started getting parroted by people who didn't get the point of the film.

I think it got misinterpreted a few times. Some people said it was Ayn Rand or something like that, which is ridiculous. other people threw Nietzsche around, which I also find ridiculous. But I think the vast majority of people took it the way I intended. Some people said it was sort of a right-wing feeling, but I think that's as silly of an analysis as saying The Iron Giant was left-wing. I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.

[–] CredibleBattery@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.

is he thinking of the dems and the republicans? lmfao terminally american.

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