A_Wanderer
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I was wondering how people feel when pieces of literature change into an allegory for an event.
I myself are of mixed opinions on the matter, on one hand I think that literature is a very good escape from the politics and events of the day and that by dragging contempary events in there corrupts that. On the other hand, it can help to present morality and philosophies to the masses, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm would be good examples of this.
The example that got me thinking of this is the television show Enterprise, at the end of Season 2 Earth was attacked by a single Xindi probe in a suicide attack, providing an obvious allusion to the attacks against the US. The enemy is a dispersed and unknown species comprised of various races, they are in turn being manipulated to work against the humans in a complex web of intrugue. They add in the MACO team which is a special forces group and simmilarities betwen Captain Archer and George W Bush come up through their actions in fighting The Xindi. It takes elements from the War on Terror and integrates them, changing the narrative in some ways for the better, others a little worse. Considering "Undiscovered Country" was tied in with the end of Cold War, there is a history of this type of thing.
What do you out there think, is there enough reality on TV, do people really want to be reminded while they sit back and watch their futuristic sci-fi shows, is there not enough out there, is it just propaganda. Any ideas or opinions?
I myself are of mixed opinions on the matter, on one hand I think that literature is a very good escape from the politics and events of the day and that by dragging contempary events in there corrupts that. On the other hand, it can help to present morality and philosophies to the masses, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm would be good examples of this.
The example that got me thinking of this is the television show Enterprise, at the end of Season 2 Earth was attacked by a single Xindi probe in a suicide attack, providing an obvious allusion to the attacks against the US. The enemy is a dispersed and unknown species comprised of various races, they are in turn being manipulated to work against the humans in a complex web of intrugue. They add in the MACO team which is a special forces group and simmilarities betwen Captain Archer and George W Bush come up through their actions in fighting The Xindi. It takes elements from the War on Terror and integrates them, changing the narrative in some ways for the better, others a little worse. Considering "Undiscovered Country" was tied in with the end of Cold War, there is a history of this type of thing.
What do you out there think, is there enough reality on TV, do people really want to be reminded while they sit back and watch their futuristic sci-fi shows, is there not enough out there, is it just propaganda. Any ideas or opinions?
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