There's a lot to unpack here, but there are reports that the film was originally called (The director ). The official commercials for The Huntstarted rolling out last summer, marketing the film as a satire.
There's a moment early on in the movie that seems to assert that the fictional Hunt pits liberals against conservatives. "Did anyone see what our ratf*cker-in-chief just did?" .
Another responds: "At least The Hunt's coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables." The outrage was over the idea that there was an entire movie depicting liberals and conservatives fighting each other to the death.
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