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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: A fresh take on the Star Wars films
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 19:06:30 -0400
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On 5/12/2024 6:03 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <v1qoui$2qb3t$1@dont-email.me>,
>   moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/12/2024 1:35 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>> On Fri, 10 May 2024 19:06:45 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, *somebody* with wit had to have been behind it. That much
>>>> tongue-in-cheek can't have been accidental.  Fwiw, the Internet seems
>>>> rather definite that Verhoeven (a dedicated Liberal) was satirizing.
>>>
>>> Got a cite on that? Sounds like an interesting article or two.
>>
>> Verhoeven said "We were accused by The Washington Post of being
>> neo-Nazis! ... It was tremendously disappointing. They couldn't see
>> that all I have done is ironically create a fascist utopia."
> 
> I didn't see any evidence of actual fascism in the movie. There was no
> evidence of a marriage between private sector business and government to
> control society. I can't recall any private businesses being referenced
> at all in the film.
> 
> Sounds like Verhoeven doesn't know what actual fascism is any more than
> every Gen Z college kid does.

The society shown was replete with imagery that recalled Nazi Germany, 
which in an entertainment film, was all he'd have wanted.