How do you feel about movies and tv shows that include references/acknowledge the pandemic in their fictional reality?
Like, crime procedurals or comedy shows, or movies set in modern times. Do you like it when they mention the pandemic?
On the one hand, it's a bit of a downer. In real life, everyone is wearing masks and now, in your newest fav tv show/movie, everyone is wearing masks in there too. There's no escape from the dreadful thing that is plaguing our world. Especially if they go full realism and decide to include vaccine deniers and how dangerous that is. It's a bit depressing.
But on the other hand, if they don't include the Covid pandemic, yet the movie is set in modern times, then it's this odd historical piece where everything is still pre-2020, Trump is still president, and none of these people have relatable problems because they haven't been touched by the worldwide pandemic yet. Or it's this strange alternate universe where it IS 2021 but the pandemic never happened. In some ways, escapism is important but in others, there's something comforting about seeing your tv shows miming and dealing and surviving the pandemic, with masks and talk of vaccines.
What do you think?
Like, crime procedurals or comedy shows, or movies set in modern times. Do you like it when they mention the pandemic?
On the one hand, it's a bit of a downer. In real life, everyone is wearing masks and now, in your newest fav tv show/movie, everyone is wearing masks in there too. There's no escape from the dreadful thing that is plaguing our world. Especially if they go full realism and decide to include vaccine deniers and how dangerous that is. It's a bit depressing.
But on the other hand, if they don't include the Covid pandemic, yet the movie is set in modern times, then it's this odd historical piece where everything is still pre-2020, Trump is still president, and none of these people have relatable problems because they haven't been touched by the worldwide pandemic yet. Or it's this strange alternate universe where it IS 2021 but the pandemic never happened. In some ways, escapism is important but in others, there's something comforting about seeing your tv shows miming and dealing and surviving the pandemic, with masks and talk of vaccines.
What do you think?
