All art is political so what is the political message of Spongebob?

  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    I heard from a video essay: “You either die a spongebob or you live long enough to be a failed breadtuber defender of nazi zionists.”

    • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      I assume here the dichotomy is between Spongebob as an earnest, happy-go-lucky creative type who recovers easily from struggles and keeps a positive attitude, and on the other side is Squidward who hates everything and everyone and is a failed creative who can’t stand Spongebob precisely because Spongebob is happy and doesn’t deserve to be happy because he’s doesn’t meet the creative standards Squidward holds leaving Squidward a sad and unmotivated creative who wallows in his criticism of himself and others rather than overcoming his inner-critique to engage in the life-sustaining creative process?

      So Squidward is the Nazi, and Spongebob is the “healthy” alternative?