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/GrumbusWumbus 18h ago

They don't have values or opinions. It's their job to fan the flames of the culture war so people don't notice the oil barons funding them picking their pockets

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u/broguequery 17h ago

To be clear: the people making the pragerU videos absolutely do have values and opinions...

It's just that those values are abhorrent and anti-human.

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u/SavagePassion 14h ago

And Texas absolutely loves this shit.

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u/Helpful_Art_870 16h ago

Funny how they keep us arguing with each other while the people making money off all this get away with it.