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How Did DIRTY HARRY Escape the Dreaded Cancel Culture??

posted a year ago by BKB (10096)
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Anyone who's watched this movie as much as I have knows that some of the dialogue would never have gone over well in 2023, like when Harry's partner "Fatso" was describing to Chico, Harry's new partner, why they refer to him as DIRTY HARRY??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RitnM9n0jTY

Right at the 1:50 Mark is why they call him DIRTY HARRY and if Gen Z or Millennials would've gotten wind of this, they would've attempted to cancel this movie

[–] Callahan7 (1168) a year ago

Harry would have cancelled cancel culture. Like he cancelled Scorpio.

[–] liscarkat (18575) a month ago

I'm trying to imagine "Gen Z" people watching this movie. Can't.

[–] BKB (10096) a month ago

If Gen Z were to watch this movie in class, they'd clutch their chests once Harry's partner spouted why they refer to him as Dirty Harry

[–] Moonglum9 (11309) a month ago

He became Clean Harry?

[–] Magicdave (865) a month ago

Simple. The movie came out WAY before "cancel culture" became a thing. And try as those idiots might, they will never cancel movies that happened before they were born. There are too many copies of these films for sale and download to ever get rid of them all.
Besides, now that the political climate is going to change, I feel like the FAD of "cancel culture" will be cancelled.
It makes me laugh when all these idiots cancel things for the "better" and in the same instance they are acting like the dictators they claim to be against.