They were called Lean Pockets and they tasted like Hot Pockets and they were still bad for you but they had the word "lean" in their name, which made them healthy at the time.
Anti-woke people are truly the weakest people alive.
Wait until I tell them there's a loved adaptation of Hercules where Hades talks like a scummy lawyer, Zeus is good, and the story is told by black gospel singers, one of whom is thicc and gets some of the best lines.
the girls were drinking lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper for breakfast, lunch, and dinner cause beyonce told oprah that she lost 20 pounds on the master cleanse diet…
lead tampon in me while i eat my listeria meat & cyclospora riddle veggies and wash it all down with microplastic water. afterwards, i inhale wildfire smoke and listen to the serene sounds of the data center built across the street. there’s a flock cam too recording it all
For all the people whining that critiques of Nolan's Odyssey are just chuds trying to stay mad about ancient texts being modernized...
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) took a foundational text of Western society and updated it for modern audiences.
The cast was diverse to reflect inner-city gang rivalries which were making headlines at the time, and it was set in the heart of these troubles in Verona Beach.
Handguns were called "knives" and long guns called "swords". Everything was set against a totally contemporary backdrop. You'd think everyone would be up in arms and furious, right?
Wrong, it was generally well received by critics and home audiences. It earned $132.8 million in profits.
All because it kept the original spoken script of Shakespeare's play spoken by present-day people, and stayed true to the source material. It was an interesting take on a classic that had swag and didn't subvert the original for weirdo antisocial political agendas.
All you have to do is not fundamentally hate the story you're trying to tell (or the culture it comes from) while making a concerted effort to make it shittier. Make actual art and people will be just fine with it. Who knew?
I realized halways through the story of Julius Ceasars assassination that my teacher didn't actually care if we knew it he just wanted to make sure we were on pace for standardized testing