[Unlocked] It's a Damn Documentary! (feat. James)

Fruitless

This is an unlocked episode from the Fruitless Patreon, originally published 1/12/2024. Enjoy!

James (@cigarette_liker) joins Josiah to talk about Idiocracy (2006). Yes, it's a eugenicist movie. Yes, it is a product of the smug, upper class liberalism of the Bush years, and it was popular during the resurgence of that sentiment during the Trump years. But what does it mean now? And is it funny?

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References

• Idiocracy (2006), directed by Mike Judge.
• Office Space (1999), directed by Mike Judge.
• Mike Judge on Info Wars, video from YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khTqmN2Lths.
• Terry Crews, io9 on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHZfcltOFPc.
• "The Jock/Creep Theory of Fascism" John Ganz in Unpopular Front, https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-jockcreep-theory-of-fascism.
• "How Idiocracy Perpetuates Itself," Rod Dreher in the American Conservative, 2014, https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-idiocracy-perpetuates-itself.
• "I Loathe Every Person...," https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-loathe-every-person-i-see-on-the-street-r-crumb-comic.
• Starship Troopers (1997), directed by Paul Veerhoeven.
• Team America: World Police (2004), directed by Trey Parker.
• Benny's Video (1992), directed by Michael Haneke.

Music by SHADE08 & Hansiii