A man investigates diversity, equity and inclusion practices, revealing absurdities through hidden social experiments.A man investigates diversity, equity and inclusion practices, revealing absurdities through hidden social experiments.A man investigates diversity, equity and inclusion practices, revealing absurdities through hidden social experiments.
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The skill of this film is to depict exactly the absurdity of these ideas.
Walsh is a remarkably skilled actor - wins the Borat award for straight faced interviews with people tying themselves up in absurd arguments. There are so many scenes that begin with a grave and seriously proposed premise...that then get taken by the 'white guilt/society is totally racist' workshop and TV show crowd to total farce.
A broader theme - brilliantly presented and established - is the degree to which we, as a society, have become a herd of grazing sheep, digesting whatever the media (of any type or any ideological leaning) present to us as "expert" information. The film is a must see as to how we are all being manipulated unless we keep our critical thinking skills in shape.
As a comedy, a lot of the movie wasn't like super funny. Definitely cringey, but not usually in a funny way. As an expose on the drivers of the DEI movement, it also wasn't great. However, there were 1-2 moments that had me absolutely dying of laughter. They weren't the over the top moments either. Once or twice Matt made an off handed comment or gesture that had me dying in laughter.
It's worth a watch, but don't expect much.
Did you know
- TriviaFollowing the release of the movie, a number of the "experts" Matt sees in the film deactivated their X accounts.
- GoofsDuring Matt's workshop he moves number seven over to the right, but in the next cut number seven is back on the left side.
- Quotes
Matt Walsh: That confuses me too, cuz' I don't wanna mansplain.. Or whitesplain..
Robin DiAngelo: Yeah, okey.
Matt Walsh: What is? Maybe that's an important..
Robin DiAngelo: Yeah?
Matt Walsh: ..Segway. What is mansplain?
Robin DiAngelo: Well it would be you, explaining to me either why, what you just did wasn't sexism. Or explaining..
Matt Walsh: [interrupts] I don't think that's what it is, I think mansplain is to make an assumption. To say something in an assuming way.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits, Matt makes a phone call to the bookstore he visited at the beginning of the film, and asks them if they still have the book (seen briefly when Matt was there) which he knew the title of, but couldn't say the name of.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Daily Wire Backstage: Episode dated 23 July 2024 (2024)
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,311,598
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,544,063
- Sep 15, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $12,311,598
- Runtime
- 1h 40m(100 min)
- Color