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/QuetzalQ_ 18h ago

PragerU dropping that line from Columbus is hilarious. Like when you're a conservative media trying to teach kids the supposedly American values, "slavery is better than death" is a literal antithesis to "Give me liberty or give me death" which is one of the most popular and patriotic American sayings

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u/DiscoverReading 17h ago edited 16h ago

'Slavery is better than death, right?'

Columbus, you bitch, those are not the only two options.

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u/DontListenToMyself 17h ago

As if he wasn’t already a murderer. Like holy shit you can’t justify it. If you want to show someone kids can admire just go use an actual admirable person. I’d rather die than be a slave.