March 24, 2023

When you give the people who might rise up against you a common constructed enemy who you outline as below them, you are saying, “Oppress them with us and you too can be part of our glorious hegemony.” Certainly, individuals from marginalized caste backgrounds can be granted power, but only as symbols to inspire other oppressed people into serving the system of oppression itself, which must forever be in place.

Source: Analysis: S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt) is an incredible action movie with seriously troubling politics – Vox

Analysis: S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt) is an incredible action movie with seriously troubling po… by Ritesh Babu (Vox)

Netflix’s RRR has action, adventure, and problematic casteist politics.

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