what's funny about Evita (the musical) I mean besides the absolute misunderstanding of Argentine history politics society and culture, its complete sidestepping of all the political and societal changes of the Peronist era, the fact that there's a narrator character who is supposed to be Che Guevara and is played by Antonio Banderas (a Spaniard), and...
well, to get to the point... it's that it constantly, all the time, implies that helping poor people is bad? not especifically populism, not the welfare state, not even Evita's charity, but in general... the main message I took away from it is that helping poor people is bad and even stupid. No kidding if you pay attention to the lyrics there are at least a dozen times where they say something to the effects "how silly is that Evita is helping poor people" and "haha these Argentines are making social reforms, that's silly and dumb" it's not even meant as political commentary (because, despite being a musical about politics, Evita is completely devoid of any insightful political commentary) it's just like... mean spirited bullying? for real, it's done all the time, "it's stupid to help poor people haha isn't Evita silly and dumb for even trying am I rite"
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