i dont think fight club was co-opted by the right because they didnt get the satire, it was co-opted because it fuckign kicks ass. they would have co-opted any movie that is that good and has hot sweaty men in it. right wingers aren't aliens, they know a good movie when they see it, the lesson isn't "don't make satire because the wrong people might think its for them" the lesson would be "don't make art that kicks ass" and i'd rather there be art that kicks ass
the obvious solution is to make art of women kicking ass
that's not what i said
But that way the right won't get to it, and art that kicks ass will continue to exist. It's a win-win. Unless you literally just make art of women kicking ass, and not art about women that kicks ass.
no, that's not the point, i'm trying to say that I don't care about the right co-opting good art because good art is good to more people than just us. the glib line about hot sweaty men isn't an invitation for others to offer a solution, i'm discounting the idea of there being some magic way to get right wingers to stop resonating with good art in the first place, it's impossible and also kind of implies that people with different political beliefs are aliens who can't understand emotions or aesthetics.
i don't want art that shallowly signifies its political allegiance to me by having badass women in it, art that postures with representation as a shield against potentially harboring right leaning ideas, which is literally what is being posited to me right now. representation that does not shoulder responsibility for depicting alternate perspectives, but just washes your hands of any responsibility whatsoever because you've already signaled to the demographic you want to take money from as a crass imitation of praxis.
