Quackcast 369 - Propaganda and agendas

This week's Quackcast was inspired by a newspost that Banes made about propaganda. We used that as a jumping off point to talk about political messages and social agendas in creative works- when it's deliberate and when it's not. Tantz Aerine made a great point that the world of the Federation in Star Trek is like showing us the world from the perspective of a fascist regime. It's certainly NOT intended that way but that IS an unintentional message. You'll have to listen to the Quackcast to hear her argument for that idea. A movie like Starship Troopers is brilliant at subverting the whole propaganda thing. :) This week Gunwallace has given us the theme to Coga nito: Slide into some retro 1970s classic disco, with a modern twist! You’ll feel like your wearing shiny white polyester stretch flares with high white leather platform shoes, then rocket back into the present with the cool techno dance feel of the synthesised beats. Get onto the dance floor and strut your stuff! Topics and shownotes Featured comic: The Last Sheriff - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2018/apr/03/featured-comic-the-last-sheriff/ Links: Propaganda newspost - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2018/mar/20/points-of-view-propaganda-and-marketing/ Creative works discussed in the cast: Jesus 2016 - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Jesus_2016/ A handmaid's tale - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid's_Tale Star Trek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Futurama - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama The Simpsons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons Family Guy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy 24 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_%28TV_series%29 The 300 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29 Mephisto - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082736/ The Beast - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/ Starship troopers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers Doonesbury http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/ PLEASE TEST OUR COMMENT REPLY SYSTEM! Comment reply notifications newspost - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2018/mar/23/test-the-comment-notifications-today/ Reply Notifications - http://next.theduckwebcomics.com/user/replies Special thanks to: Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com Tantz Aerine - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/ Banes - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/ Ozoneocean - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean Featured music: Coga Nito - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Coga_Nito/, by Toby Durr, rated T.