An otherwise solid film that, like many other films (They Live springs to mind), the chuds chronically misinterpret as sympathetic to their false consciousness despite the film literally spelling it out for them how dumb they are at the end.
I think its because the film does ultimately frame Foster as a tragic figure, especially in the end. His actions and choices in the film are reprehensible but they come from an understandable anxiety that he has no path forward that resembles a life of dignity or stability. He's not unlike Joker's Arthur Fleck in that way.
An otherwise solid film that, like many other films (They Live springs to mind), the chuds chronically misinterpret as sympathetic to their false consciousness despite the film literally spelling it out for them how dumb they are at the end.
I think its because the film does ultimately frame Foster as a tragic figure, especially in the end. His actions and choices in the film are reprehensible but they come from an understandable anxiety that he has no path forward that resembles a life of dignity or stability. He's not unlike Joker's Arthur Fleck in that way.