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Peacemaker: James Gunn's Okay with Racists Calling Him "Polarizing"
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Because he depicted a parallel universe full of nazi ? How that’s polarizing?
It's certainly telling that these right-wing folks identify themselves as the people being depicted on screen when Nazis are referenced.
It’s like the time when the Nazis cried about Wolfenstein being political.
That was so well done, too. I was like, "Wait, so is the T1000 not a white supremacist in this universe?" I only caught on a bit before the characters did.
Good lesson in cultural and confirmation bias. Dude with good intentions was so blinded with what he wanted to see, he totally missed what should have been obvious the whole time. Most of the audience (including me) didn't notice until way too late even though it was clear something was off.
My main question was “how deep does it go?” Are they a bit racist or very very racist? (Also: I caught on because my partner said, during a scene before the terror attack, “there are no black kids in the playground” and since then we had been keeping track)
The revealing scene with Abedajo was chilling!
(Still prefer the first season)
I'm guessing most people are a bit racist with a few key people on power being very very racist. We don't know the exact details of how this universe came together but for the average person they're just accepting the world as it is and not trying to rock the boat.
An interesting case is Peacemaker's brother Keith. When he gets out of his car and calls out Ads he looks fearful. He's supposed to be a hero, but he looks scared.
We know his father Augie is a racist piece of shit and there is no reason to think he isn't the same in this universe (especially with Vigilante being the same). We don't know a lot about the Peacemaker that did exist in this world, he seems a little more self destructive, but that fits within the realm of Peacemaker.
But Keith? He might be a softie. He'll likely be racist because he was raised racist, but if Peacemaker talks to him? His brother? He might be able to change his mind.
(Or he is irredeemable and Peacemaker has to kill him again.)
Not to be an asshole but at the end of the first episode I had already a theory (how those his brother and father are still alive ?) and the episode where his dad take a photo was the last bit of info that I needed.
However, like accoshimipo was saying, the confirmation biais depiction was spot on and well made, that’s the strength of this episodes
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Also, I don’t remember did his brother
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Shot himselfDidn't Chris accidentally kill his brother in one of the fights their dad made them participate in when they were kids?
It was in a fight while they were kids.