I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! Speech from Network (1976)
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I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar...
  • CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
    1·
    11 months ago

    The meta of this scene is that the network only allows it because it’s pure spectacle, and everyone goes back to their normal ignorant apathetic existences afterwards, with nothing changed.

    • NotSpez
      OP
      2·
      11 months ago

      That’s what makes it so good imo. It has layers.

      • CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
        3·
        11 months ago

        Right? What he’s saying is absolutely incredible and stirring, but it’s also useless, because it’s just words, and everyone takes it as a performance and a “viral moment” and then goes back to the next program on the dial. It’s incredibly prescient.