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Lily having a tea party with Jasmine.
25 March 2008

I have a secret which only my husband knows, but I am willing to share as long as you promise to not think of me too badly afterwards:  I was not very fond of The Incredibles.  There.  I’ve said it.

Since our society loves Pixar, I’m sure I’ll be a pariah after this entry, but it needed to be said.  Someone had to come forth and be counted.  The Ayn Rand Objectivist subtext in The Incredibles was annoying.

But to be fair, I must admit a prejudice.  My first boyfriend was an Objectivist, and I found his “I’m better than you and it’s okay because I have an entire philosophical movement to back my opinion” attitude both irritating and cruel (he treated other people very badly and this was his justification).  So to see his sentiments mirrored in a Pixar movie really did put me off the movie.

But the secret is out now.  I hope you still respect me in the morning.

Ps. I googled “The Incredibles Ayn Rand” and I was definitely not the only one that picked up on that annoying philosophy weaving its way throughout the movie.  In case you haven’t met any real-life Objectivists, let me clue you in.  Theoretical “rational self-interest” very often translates into real world “asshole.”  The theory does not translate well into reality.

Okay, I’m done ranting now… I f*ckin’ hate that philosophy… no, really, I’m done ranting…



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