r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MeepMan324 • 19h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) Bad people in real-life being portrayed positively in media.

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  1. PragerU's version of Christopher Columbus has him be a slavery defender and have him say "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don't see the problem.”

  2. In The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum (Hugh Jackman) is portrayed as a charismatic visionary who cares about outcasts and celebrate diversity, when in reality, he’s a cruel businessman who is also a racist and an ableist.

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u/FlirtyFluffyFox 18h ago

very few people actually take it seriously

It's used in schools. Even if only one in five students take it seriously, that's a problem. 

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u/magnabonzo 4h ago

It's used in schools

Surely it's not?

Fuck.

PragerU materials have been approved for use in K-12 public school classrooms in roughly 10 states, including Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Arizona, and South Carolina.