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• simple@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t understand this post, Severance never claimed to be a mindblowing political series. It’s a sci-fi thriller that also happens to be a satire of corporate culture, nothing more. It doesn’t need to be “a deeper critique of capitalism” to tell a good story

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  • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, upon reading the post I immediately thought of an article from a long time ago whether some anime was feminist or antifeminist. It was just an average anime that didn’t even engage with the topic.
    The conversation around a piece of art becomes infinitely worse once values are ascribed to it arbitrarily.

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    • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Found the anti-feminist! /s

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  • terraborra@lemmy.nz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Office Space on ketamine.

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  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Early on the show told us it wouldn’t be a deep philosophical exploration. By making that aspect of the show (personified through as the brother in law) be comic relief.

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      While he is comic relief, no arguing that - it doesn’t preclude his role in the series from sparking interesting debates. It’s just a different discussion than the one you’re presumably hoping for.

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• Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly it’s all skin deep and not as smart of a show as the praise makes it.
  Literally the show performs one of my least favorite tropes for lazy writers that want to write off a character but don’t want them dead or have to figure out a good character arc and then even has the gall to act like it was poignant with a literal:

  Train To Nowhere

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  • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s no reason to assume Irving won’t be a part of the next season (and, IIRC, the actor already stated he’ll still be a part of the show). You might be projecting a bit here.

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    • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Oh sure. But for now he’s just on a round trip out and back in so that we don’t have to ask where he is for the finale.

      I had no doubts from the fact that they put the character on a train to nowhere. It’s not a decision when faced with the question of what to do with a character next. It’s “exit stage left” so that you can write yourself out of a hole with them later.

      Its a good show but the writing is lazy insofar as they don’t have a plan and are giving themselves easy ways forward or out of jams.

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• Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kinda reminds me of the first episode of the latest season of Black Mirror, which was a rather shallow critique of subscription models that received rave reviews from viewers despite the fact they were watching it on Netflix.

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  • dditty@lemm.ee ⁨51⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I agree! Black Mirror episodes often make a point and then beat you over the head with it

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• reef@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree

  As much as I like Severance, people have been overselling the political commentary aspect of it

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