I can see how they got away with not saying any Arabic terms in the last movie, but come on, are they really gonna ret-con the whole vocabulary of the setting to avoid upsetting some cracker groypers?
I can see how they got away with not saying any Arabic terms in the last movie, but come on, are they really gonna ret-con the whole vocabulary of the setting to avoid upsetting some cracker groypers?
That’s a shallow reading. Herbert engaged very seriously with Islamic philosophy and the dynamics of colonialism; nothing about it was random. A white guy borrowing any elements from another culture is not sufficient to demonstrate orientalism, especially when he so obviously takes the side of the Future Arabs against Future Honkeys.
Definitely. Herbert genuinely engages with west asian culture, and it’s not a surprise. His source material were his own muslim friends’ historical experience, and his readings of Islamic philosophy.
I think I’m gonna make a new handle offa yer joke there if that’s ok
I need an alt and “Future Honkey” dovetails nicely with my love of bad puns and its proximity to gay space communism. Do you mind?
Lol
Yeah go for it champ