Media is supposedly so responsible for influencing our behavior and yet none of the sixteen thousand versions of A Christmas Carol* has kept the obscenely wealthy from being the fucking worst *All of which I will watch every December because shut up that's why - ThreadSky

ellethevillain.bsky.social • 466 days ago

Media is supposedly so responsible for influencing our behavior and yet none of the sixteen thousand versions of A Christmas Carol* has kept the obscenely wealthy from being the fucking worst

*All of which I will watch every December because shut up that's why

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ramiungarwriter.bsky.social•466 days ago

I'm actually watching a stage production of that right now. So far, it's pretty good. They even included a bit about Scrooge and Marley having stock in slave plantations.

caseyaac.bsky.social•466 days ago

To be fair, if any rich people were affected by it, they would become less rich and therefore we wouldn't hear anything about them

sparesidekick.bsky.social•466 days ago

Because the story is not for the rich, it's a story for the poor.
A story that tries to humanize the rich, with the power of capitalism

vivaciousvandal.bsky.social•465 days ago

The Blackadder Christmas Carol is the only one where Scrooge gets worse, and I love how refreshing that is.

katrina-alpress.bsky.social•465 days ago

at some point the wealthy secretly invented ghostproof doors, and so they no longer fear getting scrooged. we have to develop the technology to counter this

ellethevillain.bsky.social•465 days ago

I would back that Kickstarter

cjsubko.bsky.social•466 days ago

We still love to hope. That's probably a good thing.

mrmaresca.com•466 days ago

I knew a guy who would PLAY Scrooge every year and yet he's one of the most "fuck the poors, I got mine" person I've ever known.

ramseycampbell.bsky.social•466 days ago

Have you tracked down the rare Christmas short The Three Scrooges with Moe, Larry and Curly?

ellethevillain.bsky.social•466 days ago

I have not!

jxilon.bsky.social•466 days ago

Ah but there are so many millions of people who will defend those terrible rich people and apparently believe that they aren’t really the worst at all….so maybe this just falls under the category of conservatives whose favourite band is Rage Against The Machine.

stinaleicht.bsky.social•466 days ago

I can’t tell you how many years in a row I've shouted “EBENEZER SCROOGE OF ACTS 1-2 IS NOT THE HERO OF THE STORY, PEOPLE."

[fist bump] Me too.

leighharlen.bsky.social•466 days ago

EVEN SCROOGE PAID HIS TAXES

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