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I Don't Speak German

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The Importance of Match Entertainment in the Age of Imperial Cultures

I think in terms of like, how did this get made? I think that's a very easy answer. The studio goes like, well, we gotta get the DODs, you know, thumbs up on this. And so the DOD then just takes whatever, then just puts like all these like Air Force good references in it. And so suddenly we get this product that very clearly is saying, You know, imperialism is terrible. But even with an explicit kind of like US Air Force metaphor built within it, which then also has like very explicit positive like Air Force portrayalslike kind of built in, right? That's how it happens ultimately and how we choose to interpret that.

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