Posted on 11/29/2024 5:21:20 PM PST by grundle
A conservative YouTuber who calls himself “The Critical Drinker” gave a positive review to the new movie “Wicked.”
I haven’t seen the movie, but I totally agree with him that movies should be judged on their own merits, and not based on the political ideologies of the actors who are in the movie.
His praise for this movie is a great argument against the “cancel culture” that is so common today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYtRO5S9g1k
Black female painted green? Easy pass.
>> Black female painted green? Easy pass. <<
But I LIKE Return of the Jedi!!! (Remember Jabba’s dancer?)
I totally love the Critical Drinker. He pans the most odious movies. Which is almost all of them. If he recommends a movie, I’ll see it.
Wasn’t this a movie version of a popular play?
I liked the book, and the sequels.
no, Don’t care for Star Wars. If I want to see a green female, I’ll find a Trek episode with an Orion slave girl.
The movie was a little bit long. It wasn’t bad. If musicals are your thing, you’ll love this movie. There’s a couple of “woke” scenes in this movie. But that was about it.
How ANY actress could DARE to make a movie all about her is just mind boggling.
That green woman and Zeigler need to be banished forever.
No one gives a green GD about either of them and they need to STFU.
Has Jeff Goldblum ever played anyone but himself?
I have the entire set - I haven’t read them as I don’t know the order in which to read them.
it’s those woke scenes which are keeping me away.
Do you have a problem with the original movie too? When I was a kid we all watched it every year when it was on.
Inherit the Wind, but that is a classic.
And without being aware of the political agenda.
(from google AI, but recapitulates what I’ve read elsewhere)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is considered by many to be a political allegory that reflects the 1890s Populist movement and the 1896 presidential election. The book’s characters and elements are said to represent various political groups and ideas, including:
Dorothy’s silver shoes: Represent the pro-silver movement and the Populists’ belief that silver money would revive the economy
Yellow brick road: Represents the gold standard
Emerald City: Represents the U.S. capital, Washington, or money or factories
Kansas and farmland: Represents commoners and populism
Tin Man: Represents factory workers and industrialism
The Wizard: Represents the selfish acts of political leaders or elites
Scarecrow: Represents the American farmer, who made up the majority of the Populist Party
The cyclone: Represents the economic and political upheaval
The seven passages and three flights of stairs: A reference to the Coinage Act of 1873, which caused class conflict in America
Oz: An abbreviation for ounce, the standard measure for gold
Baum, who edited a weekly paper in South Dakota, was concerned about the decline of the alliance between farmers and urban workers. In the book and the play the slippers are silver.
Yeah you won’t like the movie.
Who/what was the cowardly lion supposed to represent?
Critical Drinker is awesome!
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