• aidan@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    calling themselves superior in movies and tv for over 50 years now

    What movies do that?

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      9 months ago

      the entire modernist period of cinematic history.

      think old movies.

      post modernism is partly defined by the shift towards stories about institutions and governments not being the good guys.

      and also almost every war movie. some notable exceptions like full metal jacket, but most are very very pro American military. think lone survivor, Blackhawk down, hacksaw ridge, band of brothers, etc…

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        9 months ago

        I think most of those movies weren’t calling Americans inherently superior to all others, just certain others inferior