truly wild to me

If anyone has any other recommendations, pls leave them in the replies!

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my cop out answer is that all commercial mass produced media is reactionary in some form or another so it’s impossible for me to evaluate a case in which it’s not reactionary. & also I primarily engage with art as a political object, I don’t really experience the type of artistic engagement I’ve heard people talk about (eg comfort watching, self-care watching, etc) so at the risk of sounding like a massive pretentious cunt I’m unable to not incorporate a show/movie’s politics into my evaluation and enjoyment of it. Star Wars for example is reactionary in many ways - I don’t necessarily enjoy it “in spite of” those elements, they are part of my enjoyment of it because they are part of ‘the text’ of Star Wars and removing/ignoring them would fundamentally alter Star Wars. Which doesn’t mean I agree with/endorse those things obviously, but I don’t know how to cordon them off from my enjoyment of SW if that makes sense. I feel like people usually talk about critical evaluation as a purely negative project, as always ‘taking away from’ their enjoyment, which has to sit outside of critical evaluation, which is not how I experience my own enjoyment of media

Like for many people it's just a lot easier and more satisfying to go on a self-righteous assault against the broad shape of whatever ideas are currently pissing them off the most, rather than take the time to actually parse what another person is saying before earnestly considering anything novel information they've encountered. Plus getting into stupid arguments online is apparently many people's hobby, so they'll jump at even the slightest pretense to get into one. Why bother finding a giant when you can squint your eyes and charge at the nearest windmill