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I heard an ad read for A24's Civil War on a major conservative talk show today. Am I overreacting to be upset by this? (lemmy.world)
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As for why I was listening to conservative talk radio (🤢) in the first place, that's all the play at my job. I usually tune it out but can't use earbuds for safety reasons and I'm not high enough on the totem pole to change the station. I won't specifiy the exact program because I believe it's regional.

I've been excited for Alex Garland's Civil War for months now. A24's been killing their drama films recently and it's been refreshing having what I thought was an unapologetically left-leaning major media studio who's found success through authentic, grassroots support. After hearing what felt like four ad reads for the movie in an hour and knowing that means A24 paid money - gave direct financial support - to a show that, amongst other things, spends hours a day promoting bigotry, Russian propaganda, and J6 apologetism, has ruined it for me.

Am I just overreacting here?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This movie looks to be ripe for using extreme propaganda like Starship Troopers, where the over the top jingoist rhetoric is part of the irony.

Based on the director and the one preview I saw, it is not going to be putting conservative gun nuts in a positive light.