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submitted 8 months ago by CyborgMarx@hexbear.net to c/movies@hexbear.net

I can see how they got away with not saying any Arabic terms in the last movie, but come on, are they really gonna ret-con the whole vocabulary of the setting to avoid upsetting some cracker groypers?

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[-] jack@hexbear.net 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's a shallow reading. Herbert engaged very seriously with Islamic philosophy and the dynamics of colonialism; nothing about it was random. A white guy borrowing any elements from another culture is not sufficient to demonstrate orientalism, especially when he so obviously takes the side of the Future Arabs against Future Honkeys.

[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

Definitely. Herbert genuinely engages with west asian culture, and it's not a surprise. His source material were his own muslim friends' historical experience, and his readings of Islamic philosophy.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think I'm gonna make a new handle offa yer joke there if that's ok

I need an alt and "Future Honkey" dovetails nicely with my love of bad puns and its proximity to gay space communism. Do you mind?

[-] jack@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah go for it champ

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