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What moral message? Really, what's the moral message now? 15 years ago the moral message was maybe "gay people have a right to love each other too." In the late
by friend_and_foe 3y ago
What moral message? Really, what's the moral message now? 15 years ago the moral message was maybe "gay people have a right to love each other too." In the late 60s it was "black people are just people like everyone else, treating them like second class citizens is wrong." What's the moral message now? I can't find one, all I can see is "here's more, if you're tired of it you're a bad person."
- everdrive 3y agoI'd argue that one of the current moral messages is a meta-message, and it does follow some specific rules: - Representation of the "correct" racial and gender groups is of primary importance. - We need to make up for historical sins by casting the "correct" racial and gender roles appropriately. For example, the man should be the supporting character, and the woman must be the leading action hero. - Because the show (or movie) itself is an act of representation, supporting the show demonstrates your support for the cause of representation. And therefore if you don't like the show, it's primarily because you do not support this "representation" goal. (and this point is also why plot and writing can take a back seat. "Representation" is the primary goal, writing and plot are often secondary.)
- friend_and_foe 3y agoBut its less of a moral message and more of a direct attempt at social engineering. Instead of appealing to the populace with a concept, they're attempting to present reality as they'd like it to be (for a while at least; it isn't progress if it doesn't keep changing) hoping that the fans will emulate it and enforce a contrived norm onto their peers. To me that isn't moral messaging at all, there's no moral high ground to aspire to here, there's no lesson to be learned.