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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: The new regime apparently mandates vegetarianism, and forces dissidents in the re-education camps to recite: [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. Therefore, dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: The new regime apparently mandates vegetarianism, and forces dissidents in the re-education camps to recite: [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. Therefore, a dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
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Opening in a land aptly named Everycountry ruled by Maximilian II ("Baby Max"), son of a Mussolini-like dictator, it revolves around Joe, a prison guard (Ralph Fiennes) and imprisoned dissident writer Thorne (Donald Sutherland). Thorne speaks with Joe, impressing him by his idealistic convictions, protesting his treatment by refusing to wear a prison uniform and using his own feces to write on the walls. Maximilian II, or Junior, is shown to be dangerously unstable, running the country's film industry and churning out cheap action movies. This may be a reference to Kim Jong-Il, son of the late North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung who had done the same.
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Opening in a land aptly named Everycountry ruled by Maximilian II ("Baby Max"), Max") (Creator/TomHollander), son of a Mussolini-like dictator, it revolves around Joe, a prison guard (Ralph Fiennes) and imprisoned dissident writer Thorne (Donald Sutherland). Thorne speaks with Joe, impressing him by his idealistic convictions, protesting his treatment by refusing to wear a prison uniform and using his own feces to write on the walls. Maximilian II, or Junior, is shown to be dangerously unstable, running the country's film industry and churning out cheap action movies. This may be a reference to Kim Jong-Il, son of the late North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung who had done the same.
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: The new regime apparently mandates vegetarianism, and forces dissidents in the re-education camps to recite: [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. Therefore, dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: The new regime apparently mandates vegetarianism, and forces dissidents in the re-education camps to recite: [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. Therefore, dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Citizens for Justice and Democracy fought a mad dictator, but used terrorist tactics themselves and turned out even worse in power.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Citizens for Justice and Democracy fought a mad dictator, but used terrorist tactics themselves and turned out even worse in power.
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* RegimeChange: The dictator is killed and his regime overthrown, but the revolution turns out just as bad or worse.
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* RegimeChange: The dictator is killed and his regime overthrown, but the revolution turns out just as bad or worse. Later it [[HereWeGoAgain happens again]], with the dictator's nephew installed.
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* ShoutOut: Tons of them. Maximilian I resembles Mussolini, Thorne resembles Karl Marx, his writing on the prison walls with feces resembles the IRA "dirty protest", "Baby Max" is a probable reference to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, son/successor of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, his obsession with movies (and use of national resources to make really bad ones) appears to reference Kim Jong Il's history. The reeducation camps are much like those [[DirtyCommunists various communist regimes]] used, the reference to separating children from their parents and imprisoning intellectuals may refer to the practices of the Khmer Rouge and the clothing women are made to wear is very similar to that of Islamist Iran. Thorne's death scene is a visual reference to "The Death of Marat", and Joe's situation at the end explicitly echoes that of Rudolf Hess.
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* ShoutOut: Tons of them. Maximilian I resembles Mussolini, Thorne resembles Karl Marx, his writing on the prison walls with feces resembles the IRA "dirty protest", "Baby Max" is a probable reference to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, son/successor of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, his obsession with movies (and use of national resources to make really bad ones) appears to reference Kim Jong Il's history.history, and his overy long and ridiculous array of titles directly reference those of UsefulNotes/IdiAmin. The reeducation camps are much like those [[DirtyCommunists various communist regimes]] used, the reference to separating children from their parents and imprisoning intellectuals may refer to the practices of the Khmer Rouge and the clothing women are made to wear is very similar to that of Islamist Iran. Thorne's death scene is a visual reference to "The Death of Marat", and Joe's situation at the end explicitly echoes that of Rudolf Hess.
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A 2006 film with dark political satire by Robert Howard, starring Donald Sutherland and Ralph Fiennes. It explores themes of revolution, terrorism, freedom and memory, playing on many real historical examples.
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A 2006 film with dark political satire by Robert Howard, starring Donald Sutherland Creator/DonaldSutherland and Ralph Fiennes.Creator/RalphFiennes. It explores themes of revolution, terrorism, freedom and memory, playing on many real historical examples.
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* ShoutOut: Tons of them. Maximilian I resembles Mussolini, Thorne resembles Karl Marx, his writing on the prison walls with feces resembles the IRA "dirty protest", "Baby Max" is a probable reference to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, son/successor of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, his obsession with movies (and use of national resources to make really bad ones) appears to reference Kim Jong Il's history. The reeducation camps are much like those [[DirtyCommunists various communist regimes]] used, the reference to separating children from their parents may refer to the practices of the Khmer Rouge and the clothing women are made to wear is very similar to that of Islamist Iran. Thorne's death scene is a visual reference to "The Death of Marat", and Joe's situation at the end explicitly echoes that of Rudolf Hess.
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* ShoutOut: Tons of them. Maximilian I resembles Mussolini, Thorne resembles Karl Marx, his writing on the prison walls with feces resembles the IRA "dirty protest", "Baby Max" is a probable reference to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, son/successor of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, his obsession with movies (and use of national resources to make really bad ones) appears to reference Kim Jong Il's history. The reeducation camps are much like those [[DirtyCommunists various communist regimes]] used, the reference to separating children from their parents and imprisoning intellectuals may refer to the practices of the Khmer Rouge and the clothing women are made to wear is very similar to that of Islamist Iran. Thorne's death scene is a visual reference to "The Death of Marat", and Joe's situation at the end explicitly echoes that of Rudolf Hess.
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* ShoutOut: Tons of them. Maximilian I resembles Mussolini, Thorne resembles Karl Marx, his writing on the prison walls with feces resembles the IRA "dirty protest", "Baby Max" is a probable reference to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, son/successor of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, the reeducation camps are much like those [[DirtyCommunists various communist regimes]] used, the clothing women are made to wear is similar to that of Islamist Iran, Thorne is killed in the same way as French Revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, and Joe's situation at the end explicitly echoes that of Rudolf Hess.
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* ShoutOut: Tons of them. Maximilian I resembles Mussolini, Thorne resembles Karl Marx, his writing on the prison walls with feces resembles the IRA "dirty protest", "Baby Max" is a probable reference to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, son/successor of Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, the his obsession with movies (and use of national resources to make really bad ones) appears to reference Kim Jong Il's history. The reeducation camps are much like those [[DirtyCommunists various communist regimes]] used, the reference to separating children from their parents may refer to the practices of the Khmer Rouge and the clothing women are made to wear is very similar to that of Islamist Iran, Thorne Iran. Thorne's death scene is killed in the same way as French Revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, a visual reference to "The Death of Marat", and Joe's situation at the end explicitly echoes that of Rudolf Hess.
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: In the reeducation camp inmates are taught [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. And therefore?...A dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: In The new regime apparently mandates vegetarianism, and forces dissidents in the reeducation camp inmates are taught re-education camps to recite: [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. And therefore?...A Therefore, dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
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* KangarooCourt: When the rebels storm the palace, Thorne gives the dictator "Baby Max" and his wife a show trial of perhaps ten minutes. He's the judge, while one of the others is the prosecutor. Naturally, he gives them both the death sentences and carries it out himself.
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* KangarooCourt: When the rebels storm the palace, Thorne gives the dictator "Baby Max" and his wife a show trial of perhaps ten minutes. He's the judge, while one of the others is the prosecutor. Naturally, he gives them both the death sentences sentence and carries it out himself.
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* KangarooCourt: When the rebels storm the palace, Thorne gives the dictator "Baby Max" and his wife a show trial of perhaps ten minutes. He's the judge, while one of the others is the prosecutor. Naturally, he gives them both the death sentences and carries it out himself.
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* TallPoppySyndrome: {{Referenced}} in the reeducation camp slogan of "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down" and explicit with the revolution's (claimed) egalitarian goals (though as with most such regimes they end up very ''un''equal).
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* TallPoppySyndrome: {{Referenced}} Referenced in the reeducation camp slogan of "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down" and explicit with the revolution's (claimed) egalitarian goals (though as with most such regimes they end up very ''un''equal).
* RussianReversal: Joe acidly remarks to Thorne: "Under the old regime, man exploited man, but since the revolution it's the other way around."
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* TallPoppySyndrome: Referenced {{Referenced}} in the reeducation camp slogan of "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down" and explicit with the revolution's (claimed) egalitarian goals (though as with most such regimes they end up very ''un''equal).
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: In the reeducation camp inmates are taught [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. And therefore?...A dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
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* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: In the reeducation camp inmates are taught [[FourTermsFallacy "A dry crust of bread is better than nothing, but nothing is better than a big juicy steak. And therefore?...A dry crust of bread is better than a big juicy steak."]] Plus of course "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.""
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Citizens for Justice and Democracy fought a mad dictator, but used terrorist tactics themselves and turned out even worse in power.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Citizens for Justice and Democracy fought a mad dictator, but used terrorist tactics themselves and turned out even worse in power.
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* PersecutedIntellectuals: One of the signs the new regime is as bad as the old one is that they round up intellectuals and send them to re-education camps.
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