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Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven is known for his over-the-top, hyper-violent blockbusters like RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, and Starship Troopers.
But look past the gratuitous blood and sleaze, and you’ll find these movies are actually full of sharp satirical commentary on society, capitalism, authoritarianism, and the media.
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It’s guaranteed at this point that no matter what kind of satirical take on the United States or the world comes out, there are going to be people who misunderstand and misconstrue it. Starship Troopers wasn’t the first, and it damn well wasn’t the last movie to have the point get lost in orbit over people’s heads.
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