Comment on 'Doctor Who' Star Varada Sethu Fires Back at 'Woke' Critics: 'It Means We’re Doing the Right Thing'
racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’ve always loved the themes doctor who tries to address in its episodes, but it’s sad in the most recent seasons they seem to have lost any form of subtlety/intelligence…
It used to be episodes showing you a moral dilemma, raising the question and often making it clear there is no perfect solution. The characters would make choice, maybe not the ones you’d make, but from understandable motivations. Sometimes the bad guys would have understandable motivations, and you’d feel sorry for them.
Lately it has been so black & white. More like “see this guy, he represents trump, trump is bad, he is bad”. No dilemmas, no raising questions, not letting you think for yourself or challenging your beliefs. More like “this is good, this is bad, don’t think more about it please”.
I also don’t think doctor who has become more woke, but it has become so much less intelligent, no longer considering the viewer as a person capable of reaching their own conclusions. Everything has to be clear and black and white. And if you don’t agree with the protagonists you’re bad.
whereisk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Agreed. Not sure how much the Disney distribution deal has affected how they handle subtlety. Or just a new show runner that might just not be as good.
I found Steven Moffat to be very good while Russel T Davis has had some excellent moments during his first run, with true existential terror surfacing in the show, lately it has become a Disney ride.
Not sure if he lost some key contributor that gave the show an edge or they decided to try to bring a younger audience in. It doesn’t feel like it has the gravitas it had there for a while.