Episode 217: QAnon's Movie Obsession

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Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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White Squall, The Matrix, Alice in Wonderland, The Godfather 3, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Hunt for Red October... We explore how QAnon's obsession with movies can be explained by philosopher Theodor Adorno's theory on the commodification of popular culture and right wing propaganda. Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous Liv Agar: https://linktr.ee/livagar QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com Written by Liv Agar. Music by NAP. Editing by Corey Klotz.

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0:00.0	Welcome, listener to chapter 217 of the QAnon Anonymous podcast, The Pop Culture,
0:23.4	and QAnon.
0:24.4	How movies make us reactionary episode.
0:26.9	As always we are your host Jake Rockatansky, live vega, Julian Fields, and Travis Vue.
0:32.6	What do movies like White Squall, The Matrix, Alice in Wonderland, Godfather 3, Fear
0:38.0	and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the hunt for Red October all have in common?
0:41.7	Well, if you're normal, you might say not that much.
0:44.7	They've all been made into regular old blockbuster films.
0:47.5	But if your brain is broken in the same type of way that ours are, you might recognize
0:51.5	these films as important staples of the QAnon canon.
0:55.1	Even if you didn't put that together, you truly recognize the references that Q has
0:58.6	taken from these films.
1:00.1	They're rallying cry, where we go one, we go all.
1:02.6	The nefarious deconstructed substance, a dream of chrome.
1:05.0	The rabbit hole that every pilled person eventually tumbles down into.
1:08.8	These and many more are all pulled from movies.
1:11.1	Not only this, but Q seems adamant that Trump's war against the Kapal will play out just
1:15.4	like a movie.
1:16.4	On multiple occasions, he will say things like...
1:18.8	Coincidence?
1:19.8	Everything shown as meaning.
1:22.0	You're watching a scripted movie.
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