Are We Idiocracy Yet?

https://idiocracy.wtf/

Are We Idiocracy Yet?

Tracking how close reality is to Mike Judge's Idiocracy. It's got electrolytes.

I attended an audience testing screener for Idiocracy before the film's final edit. I could not believe my eyes and ears, I loved it unlike anything I'd seen before, it was the hardest US culture satire I'd seen up to that point. Then the lights came up and the audience started giving their reviews, in an open mike fashion. They all identified with the "idiots" and were indignant insulted, and angry. I remember making eye contact with Mike Judge like "WTF!" It was an early screener and I think that reaction was a surprise to the film team. I own a copy and watch it more than once a year. One of my favorite hard satires.

Many US citizens didn't get that Starship Troopers was a black comedy. There are serious video reviews taking it seriously as an action movie where the characters are true US heroes.

I have a feeling these people are the same as the ones you're talking about.

I agree. RoboCop also belongs to the not-obvious-to-some-satire club.

In the words of Barry Humphries:

If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.