T. weighed in today with an explanation / proposition of a theme, or a horizontal story element (where the vertical elements are the individual character storylines) of an Abbie Hoffman style media activist whose broadcasts and show appearances could provide a consistent background and tie scenes together.
OK so far.
But this also raises the vexed question of what kind of society this future world really could be. Is it a goose-stepping dystopia as in 1984 (or 'Brazil')? or is is something more insidious? Something more or less like the world today? Just a couple of tweaks here and there.
In many ways the same question can be asked of the pre- and post-9/11 worlds. Fundamentally the same? or radically different?
This landscape needs to be discussed and settled upon. Are we Gothic or Picaresque?
Or is there a new genre developing which can register these minute yet profound changes?
Let us see...
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