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If you were to write a film ten years ago based on the current events in the US, no one would accept it as the premise would be too absurd.
by King-Aaron 1y ago
If you were to write a film ten years ago based on the current events in the US, no one would accept it as the premise would be too absurd.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoWould you accept a book? Ninety years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can't_Happen_Here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can't_Happen_Here
- brador 1y agoThe full book is readable online: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html
- burnt-resistor 1y agoOverton window meets verisimilitude and the increase of credulity with decreases in education and critical thinking skills in the face of massive new media assaults facilitating information overload and reduced costs of manufacturing of consent.
- bryanlarsen 1y agoSimpsons did it (at least the Trump as president part). Like a lot of great humor, it had that biting edge because it was seemingly implausible with just enough of a hint of plausibility. That couldn't really happen, or could it? Oh %$#%.
- jamincan 1y agoIf you were to write a film one year ago based on the current events in the US, I don't think people would accept the premise either. I feel I was pretty pessimistic compared to most and I have been shocked at how quickly things have changed.
- King-Aaron 1y agoWell wasn't that the critical response for "Civil War"? Many people thought it was too outlandish.