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'The Hunt': Much Ado over comedy politics

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Billy Wonka

We open with some elites texting and joking around about hunting twelve deplorables at the "manor" in Vermont when it accidentally goes public costing Swank her swank job. Now, to show them, they organize a real hunt at a manor in Croatia made to look like Arkansas.

The elites were picking off the deps one by one until they got to Mississippi Crystal. Seems they picked the wrong one as she had been to Afghanistan and wasn't afraid to shoot back.

Tons of humor. Found myself laughing a lot. The dialog showed how ridiculous the elites were and how ordinary and unsophisticated the deps were. The controversy here seems to be a manufactured one as the sword definitely cuts both ways. For the finale, Gilpin (Crystal) and Swank square off for the ulltimate kitchen match.

Lots of blood and flying tissue to the extent it matched a typical college slasher movie. You are not meant to take this thing seriously although a lot of people will probably choose a side.

There were about six people in the theater. Coronie is taking its toll and Walmart can't keep terlet paper or canned goods stocked. (What would happen if a nuke went off in NYC? Scary.)

This one should be on cable and Redbox soon enough. No reason to risk infection, that's my job.

Follow Ups:

RE: 'The Hunt': Much Ado over comedy politics - Mr_Steady 11:58:55 03/16/20 (3)
I would point out one thing.

Movies are about visuals and images. The audio and dialog are really secondary. To back this statement up I would remind the reader that there were silent movies long before there were talkies.

So with movies like "The Hunt" or TV series like "The Hunters" if you really want to figure out what is the message they are trying to get across, then watch them with the sound turned off. The imagery is the real message. The audio is there to throw you off track, make you laugh, but people sub-consciously pick up on the visual meaning. Therein lies the danger. Taxi Driver anyone?

Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
- ??? * - Billy Wonka 07:32:51 03/19/20 (2)
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  - RE: ??? * - Mr_Steady 13:30:07 03/19/20 (0)
    There is one thing I wanted to edit in that post, but AA won't let me.
    
    I got the wrong Jodie Foster movie. I meant "The Accused" not Taxi Driver. Specifically the pool table rape scene. I believe that scene was recreated in real life by real people several times for a number of years after the movie was released.
    
    Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
  - Can't help you NT - Mr_Steady 08:53:40 03/19/20 (0)
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    Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!

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