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lunatica

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15. It's probably just a sign of the times and not a deliberate message

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 10:47 AM

Dec 2012

The premise of the movie is that the kid is left behind to fend for himself against robbers. In order to set up that premise the parents and the rest of the family must 'forget' him. It's just the plot.

It actually makes all adults look like idiots who can be outwitted by a little kid. It's just a movie based on the impossible and it makes people laugh. It's actually much harder on men than on women.

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I just watched "Home Alone" again. I don't remember it as being so conservative. [View all] redgreenandblue Dec 2012 OP

Naw, it's a fun movie DreWId Dec 2012 #1

What a shame. pintobean Dec 2012 #2

John Hughes was extremely conservative. Pale Blue Dot Dec 2012 #3

probably keroro gunsou Dec 2012 #4

This does not surprise me. I did not in fact know this. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #27

You have to consider that he was quite old even during his directing and writing prime Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #35

His 'era' was the Reagan era. Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, etc. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #36

Ferris Bueller struck me as a conservative Enrique Dec 2012 #45

The 80s seemed to be the watershed in unified mind control from the media. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #5

And, as a result, my age group (the 40-55s) is the most conservative. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #33

That's pretty much the thesis of David Sirota's book Z_I_Peevey Dec 2012 #40

thanks for the recommendation tabbycat31 Dec 2012 #41

I Don't See Some of The Things You See ProfessorGAC Dec 2012 #6

The moms career is not mentioned explicitly. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #21

I actually think it's based on an old German children's story RZM Dec 2012 #7

Interesting. Thanks. zonkers Dec 2012 #8

Well it is one of those "Rich People Problems" movies. slampoet Dec 2012 #9

I thought it had a pro birth control message... whistler162 Dec 2012 #10

I think you're analyzing it way too much. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11

I have come to the point of view that no movie, book or story exists in a vacuum. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #22

That's a good thing, right? Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #32

I'm not saying it is wrong. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #34

I just disagree, I guess. It's necessary for the cops to be incompetent.... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #37

I guess at the end of the day it is unnecessary to filter everything through a political lense. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #38

It's the writer, not the director, who's responsible for the content. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #42

:) I make it a habit to think about an authors motives. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #43

I don't watch comedies with politics in mind... nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #12

Not much conservative, as Dash87 Dec 2012 #13

I never really got that sort of vibe from that movie (or any of his movies for that matter) Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2012 #14

It's probably just a sign of the times and not a deliberate message lunatica Dec 2012 #15

I'm not saying it is deliberate. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #23

You know what I thought was interesting... PCIntern Dec 2012 #16

I took the condition of the house at the end as being part of the "christmas miracle". redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #24

Wow, really? Merry Xmas Scrooge! Logical Dec 2012 #17

As one poster already wrote.... ShadesOfBlue Dec 2012 #18

In Sixteen Candles, the boy she likes is a "good guy" because he declines fuck a passed out girl but bettyellen Dec 2012 #19

gosh H2O Man Dec 2012 #20

Your tin foil is on a little too tight SpartanDem Dec 2012 #25

The director is a hard-core conservative. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #30

The movie wass released right at the beginning of "Desert Storm" KurtNYC Dec 2012 #26

Oh ffs! HappyMe Dec 2012 #28

Oh brother! WI_DEM Dec 2012 #29

Oh, heaven forefend, a Christmas movie has CHRISTIAN THEMES :O BarackTheVote Dec 2012 #31

The director is a pretty conservative guy AngryAmish Dec 2012 #39

I hope "Personal growth through learning self-reliance" is not a RW theme cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #44