> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Woke Anti-Woke Movie Recommendation - URL: https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/moviegoer1/ - Published: 2022-12-12T11:44:32.000Z - Updated: 2025-09-27T23:25:39.000Z - Description: The first edition of what may end up becoming a weekly routine. - Author: Bill Arceneaux - Tags: #Migrated-1759014615461, #Import 2025-09-27 18:21 ## Dear Moviegoers, As I described in a [previous post](https://www.moviegoing.rocks/p/37anxiety?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com), Moviegoing with Bill will begin publishing more often than has been average, very soon. While I don’t wish to force anything beyond my comfort zone, I do feel that now is the time. “Very soon” is “now.” To kick things off, I have the following pilot in a new series of newsletter bloggings: The Moviegoer. Here will be home to recommended local showtimes and streamings, byte-size reviews, listicles and recommendations, links, and movie-related commentaries. It’s a work-in-progress, and will likely be tuned around a bit. The plan is to do one each Monday and Friday, though that may also get tuned a bit. Wait, is it tuned or perhaps tooned? We’ll see. Enjoy. --- ![yellow and white square box](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1599344941143-a421299d6d69?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzNXx8cmVwdWJsaWNhbnxlbnwwfHx8fDE2NzA4Mjg4NTQ&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080) Photo by [Wesley Tingey](https://unsplash.com/@wesleyphotography?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) > KENNEDY: "I don't eat kale. You know why? Because kale tastes to me like I'd rather be fat!" > > — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) [ 3:20 PM ∙ Dec 5, 2022 ](https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1599785731177975808?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1599785731177975808%7Ctwgr%5Ea74957770b21fb0bab3fdc4f261cace15a635c87%7Ctwcon%5Es1%5F&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2022%2F12%2F06%2Fus-sen-john-kennedy-exposes-kale-as-a-gateway-drug-to-woke-ness.html&ref=moviegoingwithbill.com)[](https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1599785731177975808?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) While I do appreciate Senator John Neely Kennedy’s commitment to being the embodiment of [Louisiana’s health concerns](https://www.google.com/search?q=louisiana+obesity+rate&oq=louisiana+obsesiry&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i13i512l4j0i13i30l2j0i8i13i30l3.6884j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&ref=moviegoingwithbill.com), his specific disdain for the green superfood kale, used as the worn cape of his hero pledge against “the woke,” is pretty weird and shameless, like playing to a base so against anything thought to be left-leaning, that the arguments and the beliefs come back around to being a version of the woke phenomenon after all. I laugh, but I also wish the Senator and his lovely krewe a most honest welcome to this twisted state of thinking. Making what was a fantasy culture war into a really tangible self-celebration of “traditional values” is not a failure, but an adventure. For them, I suggest the following cinematic viewing: [***The Garbage Pail Kids Movie***](https://www.amazon.com/Garbage-Pail-Kids-Anthony-Newley/dp/B008K2SZ16/ref=sr%5F1%5F3?keywords=garbage+pail+kids&qid=1670830176&s=movies-tv&sprefix=garbage%2Cmovies-tv%2C104&sr=1-3&ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) ![](https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/content/images/2025/09/a0ae7aa8-f462-4fbf-a8e5-4b32dc3e0512_500x275.png) Still, from [Cinapse](https://cinapse.co/the-garbage-pail-kids-movie-stinks-as-bad-as-it-sounds-like-it-would-blu-review-e4dac3a11ff0?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) - Please, take no offense to the title of this pick & flick picture, as it’s very much a tome on a community working together (in pseudo sweatshops) towards wholesome goals (of helping a young teen get with another young teen). - Aliens from space, traveling in a garbage can (or pail), are very much a loving metaphor for being yourself no matter the cultural opinion, and for fighting against the persecutions of the social sheeple. - The villain may be a money-grubbing bully, but where in history has such a bad guy won at all (wink wink)? --- [“But ](https://www.polygon.com/23496796/avatar-cultural-impact-phooey?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com)[*Avatar*](https://www.polygon.com/23496796/avatar-cultural-impact-phooey?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com)[ is first and foremost a ](https://www.polygon.com/23496796/avatar-cultural-impact-phooey?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com)[*movie*](https://www.polygon.com/23496796/avatar-cultural-impact-phooey?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com)[, and it might just be the most movie-ass movie ever made.”](https://www.polygon.com/23496796/avatar-cultural-impact-phooey?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) [“A Peter Greenaway interview is its own subgenre, with its themes and variations invariably featuring a proclamation of cinema’s inferiority and infancy next to painting.”](https://www.screenslate.com/articles/everythings-gone-greenaway-or-do-you-think-death-necessary?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) Moviegoing with Bill is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. --- *Spirited Away*: [Prytania Theatre - Uptown, December 18th at 10 PM CST](https://www.theprytania.com/uptown/miyazaki-series?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) *Four Samosas*: [Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge, December 9th through 15th, 7 PM CST](https://www.zeitgeistnola.org/calendar.html?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) *Santa Claus Conquers the Martians*: [Movie Poster Archives Gallery, December 15th, 6:30 PM CST](https://fb.me/e/3IVuxmhsn?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com) Follow Wildwood programming news on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/wildwood.cinema/?ref=moviegoingwithbill.com). --- ## Sincerely Yours in Moviegoing, ![](https://www.moviegoingwithbill.com/content/images/2025/09/344e4ea1-a4e0-4c2e-833e-870bb1538a44_257x257.png)