Yes, it was based on ‘McNamara’s Morons’ as people said. And to be fair to the book, it does a better job of making Forrest Gump more self aware, he does in fact grasp that he’s being exploited and underpaid and under trained, used for the most deadly jobs and mocked for it.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is part of what Forrest Gump was about. Think Forrest and Bubba would have made it to boot in the first place?
khepri@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Holy crap this is what Forrest Gump was about I never realized…
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
To be fair, it’s about other things, too. Like Jenny’s character’s arc had nothing to do with that part.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Well, it shows the state of the country regarding protesting the war in Vietnam, Black Panthers and such, although we don’t get to hear what he says about the war at the National Mall before he spots her running out.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The movie was like that. The book was simply horrible.