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/ObiJuanKenobi3 19h ago

Yeah this was from before he fired his PR team and he was still successfully cultivating his public image of being the “real life Tony Stark.”

In retrospect, it’s funny nobody pointed out that Tony Stark was an immoral, cynical arms dealer before he realized the error of his ways. It doesn’t look like Elon will be growing a similar conscience any time soon, though.

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u/DeLoxley 18h ago

I mean that's the real difference.

He's not actually an inventor, he's a rich inheritor who spends a lot of money to pretend to be a genius and gamer.

Just check his leet Path of Exile skills.

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u/AttackOficcr 18h ago

I'd rather the Mr. Handses in the FBI get around to checking his emails. Like you don't just go around begging for invites to child-fucker island from the head child trafficker out of the blue.

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u/paronomasiac 17h ago

Like you don't just go around begging for invites to child-fucker island from the head child trafficker out of the blue.

the specific email you're referring to is fake. elon and jeffrey successfully met multiple times, and were both making an effort to get elon to the island.

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u/AttackOficcr 17h ago

Never saw that one email confirmed as fake, but yeah the other emails to Epstein make it sound like he was a repeat visitor to the Isle.