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Literally just got out and, like others, my interpretation was that the movie was about an uprising of the proletariat or, at the very least, an explicit examination of how arbitrary and unfair the distinctions between the have and have nots. “Red” lays her cards out on the table in her opening monologue. If the Hands Across America was not obvious enough, there’s the literal red jumpsuits and the invocations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Enjoyed the comedy a lot. Don’t think it was scary, but that could me being jaded. QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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it's metaphor and not meant to be interpreted literally, imho. the (literal) underclass want to enjoy the same pleasures as those above but, because they've been deprived of the same opportunities by a vague and incomprehensible authority, the most they can muster is a hollow recreation of above-ground life. it's telling that the characters are all upper-middle class and that their doppelgangers seem really focused on adopting the displays of wealth of their above-ground counterparts. it's very much a movie about how the trappings of privilege allow the wealthy to pretend they are superior to their poorer counterparts. the movie goes out of its way to constantly reiterate that the doppelgangers are just as smart and capable as their twins but only act monstrous because they were raised in monstrous conditions. QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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