I heard the well worn “mad as hell” audio clip from the movie Network played on MATI. I think it was sent as a superchat. I got the idea that Null might not have seen the movie from his response, I could be wrong.
I‘ve found a lot of people know the “mad as hell” clip but not the film. It’s far more than “newscaster tells the ugly truth” This just kicks off the action.
If you have never watched the movie Network I can easily recommend it as one of the most prescient and brilliant movies ever made. It was spooky accurate when I first saw it and that has only become more so since then. It will give you chills, but it’s also funny af.
It’s a film of real genius and a miracle it ever got made. It might be black pilling to some but watching a film made in 1976 predict reality TV, outrage politics, media manufacturing culture wars for ratings and the unstoppable force of corporate globohomo is impressive.
It’s a film that held up a mirror to society and is somehow even more accurate 50 years later.
Also, Paddy Chayefsky was a fucking genius. It just needs to be said more often.