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>> There's a lot of fiction that just feels like the writer had tunnel vision on a contemporary issue and forgot to flesh out enough of a story to make it feel
by phkahler 4y ago
>> There's a lot of fiction that just feels like the writer had tunnel vision on a contemporary issue and forgot to flesh out enough of a story to make it feel like more than a thinly-veiled lecture. Even when I agree wholeheartedly with the message, it can be agonizing to watch.
The classic example of that for me is a Star Trek episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefi...
- digisign 4y agoAt least they bothered to "thinly veil" it, unlike a lot of things today.
- at_a_remove 4y agoI remember seeing that as a small child and thinking that most of my fairy tales were more subtle.
- __init 4y agoThis is one of my favorite episodes. I always thought the thin veiling helped to demonstrate the absurdity of both situations -- perhaps it was even done intentionally for that reason.