[trying to fit in with the riverdale haters] and honestly the terrain of uzbekistan is to my understanding not ideal for trench warfare [long pause] Though of course the use of uzbekistan specifically serves a greater point about american nationalismâthe soldiers sent to vietnam, for example, knew next to nothing about the country in question. how many hollywood depictions of war genuinely depict the countries being ravaged? uzbekistan, as a central asian muslim-majority country, may elicit discomfort and assumption of conflict in the primetime viewer, but how many of them could point it out on a map? any given country destabilized by the united states may as well be called uzbekistan; the name, language, and culture makes no difference to the warmongers, propagandists, and soldiers. it serves, then, that we are never actually shown uzbekistan in the showâthe battle takes place on a high school football field. riverdale has, since its first episode, depicted the fears of white america. the pep rally framing of trench warfare could not be more obviously the point. [another long pause] Though one must question how well riverdale sticks the landing in its exploration of these topics, given the showâs own issues with race, particularly Blackness and Indigeneity, which renders its criticisms of americana somewhat less realized. a central asian over-there, undepicted and voiceless, may well portray the cycle of war, but is it really anything new? does riverdale engage meaningfully with all that is represented by âtrench warfare in uzbekistan?â [extremely long pause. no response from the riverdale haters.] Yeahhh um and i mean why was it his teacher right haha ew
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