# "The Hunt:" A movie about hunting "deplorables" for fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 9, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385 "2019-08-09T01:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/61 "2019-08-10T23:27:26Z")
Yeah, asking conservatives to trust other conservatives might be a bit too much to hope for. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/62 "2019-08-10T23:58:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Just for curiosity’s sake, what is your source? Exactly the same as the source that you think proves me in error. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/63 "2019-08-11T00:09:29Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > ‘“Did anyone see what our ratf\*\*ker-in-chief just did?” one character asks early in the screenplay for The Hunt, a Universal Pictures thriller set to open Sept. 27. Another responds: “At least The Hunt’s coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen _ **deplorables** _.”’ > > [emphasis mine] > That a major studio ever even considered making it in the first place is reprehensible. > Some people are clinging to the idea that it’s satire. But reverse the roles and imagine the reaction. The Hunt is a group of Social Justice Warriors released to be hunted by MAGA-hat wearers. Can you say “incitement?” > > Wonder why Conservatives aren’t willing to compromise? Maybe because they are being asked to trust the side that thinks this could be at all humorous. (Which satire is supposed to be.) Dont confuse satire with humor. Though they certainly can overlap. Also, major studios make reprehensible garbage all the time. There’s apparently a huge market for it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/64 "2019-08-11T01:05:19Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > reverse the roles and imagine the reaction. The Hunt is a group of Social Justice Warriors released to be hunted by MAGA-hat wearers. Can you say “incitement?” That was essentially (exactly?) the plot of the entire third season of the TBS show [Wrecked](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4168956/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). Contrary to your firm conviction, nobody got the vapors over it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/65 "2019-08-11T01:10:02Z")
Upthread someone mentioned the 1994 film Surviving the Game, which is also similar to the scenario that **CelticKnot** thought would be inconceivable. (IMDB plot description: “A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.”) And also as said upthread, in virtually all of these stories, there is a reversal in which the hunted ends up hunting the hunter, and usually succeeding. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/66 "2019-08-11T01:34:31Z")
The resemblance to Ivanka Trump is especially disturbing. They deliberately styled the strikingly tall actress’ hair very similar to Ivanka. > **[‘The Hunt’ Theatrical Release Pulled By Universal Following Mass Shootings...](https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-hunt-release-pulled-mass-shootings-donald-trump-hollywood-1202665785/amp/)** > > Updated with statement by Hilary Swank: Universal will not be releasing Blumhouse’s The Hunt on September 27 as planned. Deadline hears that a collective decision was made by Universal leader… Inflaming our country at this volatile time is no joke. I hope this sick movie is never released. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/67 "2019-08-11T02:06:23Z")
Even if released, would conservatives ever figure out that the liberal elitists were the bad guys? I don’t think so. They would probably just go on shrieking on social media without having a clue about the actual plot. Is satire even possible these days? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/68 "2019-08-11T02:41:33Z")
There are some things- like Jack Chick tracts- that a parody would be indistinguishable. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/69 "2019-08-11T03:41:56Z")
There’s apparently a movie coming out in October called “Cuck” about a guy who descends into the mad online world of right wing propaganda. I’m certain that will generate plenty of controversy. > **[Cuck (2019) - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8195518/)** > > Cuck: Directed by Rob Lambert. With Zachary Ray Sherman, Sally Kirkland, Timothy V. Murphy, Monique Parent. When a frustrated loner gains popularity as an Alt-Right vlogger, the online echo chamber turns his fears into a deadly rage. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/70 "2019-08-11T06:23:43Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Exactly the same as the source that you think proves me in error. I have no idea what the hell you’re talking about. I have not referred to any source, and I have said nothing about you being in error. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/71 "2019-08-11T12:04:53Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > Wonder why Conservatives aren’t willing to compromise? Maybe because they are being asked to trust the side that thinks this could be at all humorous. (Which satire is supposed to be.) Yeah, this is just silly. This, the Purge movies and so forth are all nonsensical political porn designed to get people up in arms exactly as presented here. This movie is doing to you exactly what it wants and this sort of post is actively participating in it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/72 "2019-08-11T13:31:44Z")
When and if it comes out, I’d probably watch at least part of it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/73 "2019-08-11T16:47:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I don’t want to watch it if Fred Phelps bares himself repeatedly. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > He’s dead. \*De mortuis nil nisi bonum. Fred Phelps mortuus est. Nil nisi bonum.\* ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/74 "2019-08-11T16:54:13Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > When and if it comes out, I’d probably watch at least part of it. What, right up until the moment before a deplorable gets the upper hand, you’d walk out and call it the feel-good film of the year? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/75 "2019-08-11T18:30:22Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Even if released, would conservatives ever figure out that the liberal elitists were the bad guys? I don’t think so. They would probably just go on shrieking on social media without having a clue about the actual plot. Is satire even possible these days? One of the few criticism’s I saw online about the Wonder Woman movie was left-leaning people legitimately angry that the bad guy was revealed to be the WW1 politician who wanted there to be a ceasefire against all the other warhawk politicians, claiming that by making him the bad guy the film was explicitly pro-war and anti-pacifism. None of them actually seemed to realize the bad guys evil plot revolved around the fact the only way his plan could come to fruition was to have a ceasefire only to attack the ceasefire conference and cause such an uproar to continue the war. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/76 "2019-08-11T19:56:52Z")
I’d say any move depicting heroes who use violence to solve their problems is inherently anti-pacifism. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/77 "2019-08-11T19:58:49Z")
Are there any pacifist superheroes? Seems like the comic books or the movies would be really boring. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/78 "2019-08-11T20:33:34Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The resemblance to Ivanka Trump is especially disturbing. They deliberately styled the strikingly tall actress’ hair very similar to Ivanka. > > [‘The Hunt’ Theatrical Release Pulled By Universal Following Mass Shootings & Donald Trump Slam Against Hollywood](https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-hunt-release-pulled-mass-shootings-donald-trump-hollywood-1202665785/amp/) > > Inflaming our country at this volatile time is no joke. I hope this sick movie is never released. 5’7" is strikingly tall? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/79 "2019-08-11T20:50:15Z")
Ivanka is 5’ 11’. The actress may be a few inches shorter but the resemblance is quite noticeable with the right hair style. It’s not surprising. There’s probably someone who resembles Trump in the film too. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385/80 "2019-08-11T21:18:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What, right up until the moment before a deplorable gets the upper hand, you’d walk out and call it the feel-good film of the year? 😃 Well, there seems to be at least one violent catfight between two reasonably attractive women, so I guess I’ll watch that scene in full on youtube eventually, at least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385.md?page=5)