This is a closed book test
Truthfully it is impossible if for no other reason than that you can’t easily say what counts as “imperialist propaganda” or an “American movie or TV show” to begin with.
Like if Cats 101 puts stock Vaguely Middle Eastern flute music for 15 seconds in its Egyptian mau segment, does that count as imperialist propaganda? It exoticizes Ancient Egypt, playing into orientalist tropes that form part of the ideology of imperialism. Or does it not count as imperialist propaganda, because you’re still learning about a country in the Global South, which could inspire further curiosity? Or do these things cancel each other out? Or does it depend on the viewer’s personal interpretation as guided by their personality and circumstances? Does the depiction of domesticated carnivores and cat shows promote classism and speciesism and lay the seeds of white supremacy blood quantum shit, more cornerstones of the ideology of imperialism?
How about The Mythbusters? Does that count as imperialist propaganda because they don’t do land acknowledgements for the Alameda Bomb Range? They made use of Miwok land without the permission of the Miwok people and present this as normal and fine. Hell, because that bomb range is located right next to a jail and the crew had to cooperate with the sheriff’s office to use it, does that mean it’s copaganda too? Another component of imperialist ideology? Or is there some revolutionary use for a TV show that gets young minds interested in ballistics and science in general? Or do these things cancel each other out, or does it depend on the individual viewer’s interpretation as guided by their personality and circumstances?
There is imperialist propaganda everywhere for those with eyes to see. At the same time, you can never fully account for the dialectical relationship between the text and the audience.
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ShrekA Bug’s Life
Ants
A lot of animated movies really.
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- The Land Before Time
- The Land Before Time II
- The Land Before Time III
- The Land Before Time IV
- The Land Before Time V
- The Land Before Time VI
- The Land Before Time VII
- The Land Before Time VIII
- The Land Before Time IX
- The Land Before Time X
Nah, I am sure they claim the hidden valley was promised to them in at least one of them
- American Sniper
- Die Hard
- Red Dawn
- Delta Farce
- The Hurt Locker
- Range 15
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Rambo
- Birth of a Nation
- all Steven Seagal movies
Easy. America doesn’t make propaganda. It makes truth.
Rambo
I think you mean Rambo II. Rambo 1 is horrible propaganda that suggests that the US doesn’t treat their veterans with respect!
- all Steven Seagal movies

Your Honor, this man couldn’t figure out how a gun works if you paid him. And they did. And he didn’t. Your Honer, I rest my case.
Also: Is this “vibe operating?”
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You forgot Black Cock Drown
SEVEN SEAGULLS?!
Going to go ahead and say that Breaking Bad, while subtextually a scathing critique of the American healthcare system and capitalist greed, doesn’t count because of the Mexico piss filter
Andor’s pretty legit, though. Maybe Black Sails? Also, Cabin Boy (1994) is too incomprehensible to propagandize much of anything, let alone imperialism.
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Blacks Sails is so good. Fair warning the first season is basically them trying to make pirate game of thrones, CW sexual assault etc.
But then they flip a switch around season 2 and suddenly it’s way queerer and historical materialist.
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here’s the ep to skip if you want to avoid it
One caveat: It hits a nadir on episode 4 (think of “Game of Thrones”-style depiction of sexual assault, although not quite as bad), but then it takes off.
from https://xcancel.com/RodericDay/status/1419409233066475528
the name Red Sails is inspired by the show
Black Sails.
Thinly disguised allegory about the Russian Revolution set in the fictional pirate republic of Nassau.
It’s got imperialist siege, purges, civil war, famine, support for anti-colonial revolutions… remarkably complete.
Naturally nobody sung its praises. 😂
from https://xcancel.com/RodericDay/status/1326650751482028036
This is why I insist on “Black Sails.”
I don’t know how Jon Steinberg convinced Michael Bay to pay for 4 seasons of “Pirate Lenin’s Revolt Against Britain,” but he did!
And it’s the only amazing revolutionary portrayal you’ll find at that budget tier.
As usual with my threads, the final advice is “read theory.”
In this case, the theory recommendation is “Black Sails.”
I’m not being cute, I’m not being funny. If you like @RedSailsOrg you should watch “Black Sails.”
from https://xcancel.com/RodericDay/status/1758623026168390082
weird connection:
Steinberg is also the brother-in-law of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
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My heart wants to say Adventure Time but I can’t even say for sure. Ain’t nobody reachin’ 10 lol maybe you could get 10 books by American authors but they always strip the good shit out for the movies and shows. Like Jurassic Park.
Adventure Time is crypto-monarchist
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Well if you just include books they can just look for books written by American anarchists or communists and probably get it easy. It definitely has to relate to like movies, tv, and wider pop culture (cause we know probably about half or more of Americans dont even read). Obligatory subtext is a CIA psyop.
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Mel Gibson’s The Patriot
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Song of the South (Live-Action Segments)
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Soul Man
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Big Mama’s House
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Big Mama’s House 2
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Big Mama’s House 3
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White Chicks
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Little Man
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50 Shades of Black
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Tom Hanks’ Big
Heh, give me a hard one next time.

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Our Russian Front, The North Star, Mission to Moscow, Days of Glory, The Boy from Stalingrad, The Battle of Russia, Miss V from Moscow, Russian Rhapsody, Song of Russia, Three Russian Girls.
bang. easy.
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Boots riley filmography
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eddington, where everyone is a bad person except the pueblo cop
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That movie is so bad it makes me think that they didn’t know what kind of movie they were making until about 3/4ths of the way through production, when they finally got the rights to Dragonball, before that they were just filming scenes in the hopes of maybe editing the movie once they could attach some kind of recognisable franchise to it.
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They were supposed to get a budget of $100 million, but ended up getting only $30 million. It’s not the only reason the movie is bad, but it does explain a lot. Matt McMuscles did a video on it.
Oh come on I was THIS CLOSE to memory-holing that crock of shit!
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This reminds me of a work colleague who got furious that The Battle at Lake Changjin was Chinese propaganda, and also furiously masturbates over the Top Gun movies.
and also furiously masturbates over the Top Gun movies.
With those shirtless volleyball scenes, I can’t really blame him.
as the bible says i think, let he whom hath not jorkt it, serve the first sweaty volleyball.
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Uhhh… the very hungry and not imperialist propaganda caterpillar
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I’m a horror movie fan, this constitutes most of the stuff I watch (not EVERYTHING, just most)
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Evil Dead II confirmed not-propaganda
- Oceans 11
- Tower Heist
- Baby Driver
- Fast Five
- The Usual Suspects
- Inception
- Jackie Brown
- Oceans 8
- Oceans 13
- Point Break
What’s wrong with Oceans 12???
I don’t remember a 100% about all the movies I listed but I was going for “grand larceny on US soil”
edit: wait damn inception shouldn’t count




















