<![CDATA[“In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent.]]>“In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. He noted then, ‘The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.’

But in an essay sent to critics, director Serkis describes his version as having ‘no ideology,’ instead promoting a parable with mass appeal that he said was meant to apply in any context. It’s a well-intentioned idea in terms of universality, but also the film’s fatal flaw.”

https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/animal-farm-review-andy-serkis-1235190927

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a6700ab6-c028-40c4-baff-28b506d005f2/in-his-1946-essay-why-i-write-orwell-explained-that-his-storytelling-was-never-meant-to-drift-into-abstraction-or-polite-ambiguity-but-to-instead-confront-oppression-with-intent.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 01:02:00 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2026 22:52:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:50:50 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Andy Serkis makes an Animal Farm movie, executives go 'cut all that political shit, and make those animals cuter. I want to vomit when I see them speak. I want my doctor to be concerned about my blood sugar levels. It'll bomb in the west, but China will eat up the cute animals, ignore all the dialogue that we've trimmed down to avoid offending them anyway, and we'll all be rolling in money'.

Everyone involves then racks lines of cocaine that would strike Dr Rockzo as excessive.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoysenberryCider/statuses/116497517803092596https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoysenberryCider/statuses/116497517803092596Fri, 01 May 2026 04:50:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:42:20 GMT]]>@glyph @jalefkowit adapting "homage to catalonia" on the big screen but the good guys win at the end because they realize they can just befriend franco and talk him out of the fascism 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/lycansubscribe/statuses/116497484404990681https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/lycansubscribe/statuses/116497484404990681Fri, 01 May 2026 04:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:23:38 GMT]]>@poundquerydotinfo @glyph I’m baffled how anyone could watch “Threads” and think “this is a movie about how resilient all these threads are”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116497410863365217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116497410863365217Fri, 01 May 2026 04:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:19:11 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Was this version of the film literally commissioned and produced by the CIA, like the original animated version?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/metaning/statuses/116497393370859531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/metaning/statuses/116497393370859531Fri, 01 May 2026 04:19:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:14:22 GMT]]>@glyph @jalefkowit I would say Serkis is the likely winner of the "Missing the point" award for this decade, but apparently someone is remaking "Threads" (the terrifying nuclear war drama) and has said their version will "[highlight] how resilience and connection can offer hope even in the most challenging of times."

WTF is going on right now?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://forum.virctuary.com/users/poundquerydotinfo/statuses/116497374436572420https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://forum.virctuary.com/users/poundquerydotinfo/statuses/116497374436572420Fri, 01 May 2026 04:14:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 04:12:49 GMT]]>@jalefkowit He's carrying water for the Nazi rich. Knowledge is to be destroyed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116497368301127438https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116497368301127438Fri, 01 May 2026 04:12:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 03:53:39 GMT]]>@jalefkowit

> Released regionally by Angel Studios, widely known for conservative and Christian content, ...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jztusk/statuses/116497292953176638https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jztusk/statuses/116497292953176638Fri, 01 May 2026 03:53:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 03:52:38 GMT]]>@jalefkowit @MaddieM4 Well yeah - see in fact Animal Farm is about a petting zoo and second language acquisition.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/raindrops_and_roses/statuses/116497288980636106https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/raindrops_and_roses/statuses/116497288980636106Fri, 01 May 2026 03:52:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 03:15:47 GMT]]>@glyph @jalefkowit Even after all of the ill that has befallen already, it flabbergasts me that we now have someone choose this time to take one of the most devastating critiques of fascism and offer it up in an oligarchy-friendly form to make a buck.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/slyborg/statuses/116497144070015144https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/slyborg/statuses/116497144070015144Fri, 01 May 2026 03:15:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:29:25 GMT]]>@jalefkowit @glyph ah yes, much like the love conquers all edit of Brazil is a critically acclaimed improvement over Gilliam's original vision. /s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bitbang.social/users/overeducatedredneck/statuses/116496961744560098https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bitbang.social/users/overeducatedredneck/statuses/116496961744560098Fri, 01 May 2026 02:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:28:41 GMT]]>@jalefkowit @glyph Gollum felt he should have gotten a happy ending.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mwyman/statuses/116496958861573159https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mwyman/statuses/116496958861573159Fri, 01 May 2026 02:28:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:28:38 GMT]]>@jalefkowit excuse me. a _happy ending_? okay he's doing a bit. like "mad man theory" but for promotional materials. I feel like it's going to work on me. I have to see this now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496958659822447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496958659822447Fri, 01 May 2026 02:28:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:28:21 GMT]]>@glyph @jalefkowit

Four legs good
Two legs better
Big box-office best of all

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesbritt/statuses/116496957511493194https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesbritt/statuses/116496957511493194Fri, 01 May 2026 02:28:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:20:30 GMT]]>@jalefkowit have you seen Jacob Geller's latest? the timing is such that it couldn't have possibly been made so fast that it's a response to this, but it's a response to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cdowB9udPc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496926658572436https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496926658572436Fri, 01 May 2026 02:20:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:17:42 GMT]]>@glyph He’s also doing the usual media circuit, giving interviews where he explains that the big thing “Animal Farm” was missing was a happy ending

https://happymag.tv/andy-serkis-animal-farm-happy-ending/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116496915632469870https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116496915632469870Fri, 01 May 2026 02:17:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:15:13 GMT]]>@glyph Serkis has tried to explain this in his own words. I say “tried” because he fails

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4517587/andy-serkis-animal-farm-sparked-debate/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116496905864395884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116496905864395884Fri, 01 May 2026 02:15:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:11:24 GMT]]>@jalefkowit "For the last fifteen years I have painstakingly labored to bring the classic fable, 'Authoritarians Are Evil People Who Will Do Evil And You Have To Stop Them, By Killing Them With Guns, Like I Did In The Spanish Civil War in 1937, When I Killed A Bunch Of Them With Guns', to life on the big screen, with its enduring universal message, 'we all have good within us and all life is precious no matter your where you land on the political compass'"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496890875921486https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496890875921486Fri, 01 May 2026 02:11:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:09:01 GMT]]>@jalefkowit yeah, not afflicting the comfortable at all there...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/116496881543750318https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/116496881543750318Fri, 01 May 2026 02:09:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to “In his 1946 essay ‘Why I Write,’ Orwell explained that his storytelling was never meant to drift into abstraction or polite ambiguity, but to instead confront oppression with intent. on Fri, 01 May 2026 02:07:11 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Andy Serkis thinks that you can make an adapation…

of *Animal Farm*…

with *no ideology*…

I am speechless

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496874304110510https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116496874304110510Fri, 01 May 2026 02:07:11 GMT