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Also a clever film about equality


During my last viewing of the film, I realised that it's also a clever commentary on inequality.
At the beginning, K instructs the border patrol to "protect us from these illegal aliens", as if they were dangerous.
There's also an element of gender inequality, because when Laurel gets kidnapped by Edgar in front of J after acting like she wanted him, she says: "That is so typical... Any time a woman snows slight sexual independence..."
And it becomes strangely obvious at the end, when J starts squashing the cockroaches to get the large bug's attention and shouts something like: "Oh was that your auntie? They all look same to me." For the bug, they are all separate beings, yet J doesn't recognize that.
It's a really interesting subtext that doesn't get discussed a lot. The "flashy thing" may even be a metaphor for our need to forget the Holocaust and other similar events in history.

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the flashy thing part, that's insane


The stupid have one thing in common.They alter the facts to fit their views not the other way

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You lost me at the flashy-thing bit, but up until then you actually have a point.
Agreed!

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I think you are attributing too much depth to a funny movie
Need to forget the holocaust??
May I recommend you seek psychiatric help
Need??
Nuts!

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