Another thing about #Andor is that Luthen calls Saw an anarchist implying to a US audience that he doesn’t believe in anything and is just in it for the chaos. But the reverse is more likely true. Saw is the believer who won’t compromise while Luthen is an accelerationist 1/5
https://twitter.com/kkhelil/status/1588738946845974528
Luthen believes the empire has to be provoked into brutalizing enough ppl to inspire a rebellion to overthrow it. While Saw sees the empires brutality everyday. Only Luthiens privilege let’s him think the empires cruelty isn’t obvious enough already. 2/5
What comes next isn’t a question Luthen seems to care about. But it’s central to the way Saw, a revolutionary, operates. It’s also why Saw is a difficult character for our media to swallow. #RogueOne underlines this when he distrusts and tortures an imperial turncoat 3/5
Unless the torturer is white (24, Homeland, Israeli TV) torture is shorthand in US media for “bad guy”. In Rogue One we’re meant to sympathize with an imperial who’s just switch sides instead of Saw who doesn’t trust the ex-Fascist. US media is invested in humanizing fascists 4/5
and undermining portrayals of revolutionaries, usually by ascribing to them brutal methods, mental instability or impossible goals. Whether it’s Saw Gerrera or Dany Targaryen. 5/5
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