I was raised in a deeply conservative fanatically religious culture and I put out a sarcastic and “too cool for school” energy a lot of the time. What do you think counterculture is? I remember in the movie she’s got a whole social circle of people who are on the same page as her.

Personally I think Zendaya plays Chani pretty well, and her character doesn’t feel out of place to me.

As someone who left the Southern Baptist cult as soon as my brain developed, this is nothing new.

You might try stepping away from your keyboard and checking for yourself.

Isn’t Chani a non-believer in the movie, at least at first?