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jotun-philosopher · 5 months ago

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'Dot and Bubble' really brought home to me the sheer POWER of the science fiction genre as a means of social commentary

Ncuti Gatwa having his "The Doctor" moment be the guttural pain and frustration that comes with existing in a system which tolerates and upholds implicit racial bias to the point of hatred, and how the socially destructive ways in which indoctrinated people hold onto these bigoted ideals to safeguard the bubble of their reality dismantles any chance of trust in community and mutual aid.

#doctor who #Fifteen #Dot And Bubble #been loving the satire this season #this episode in particular gave me so much to think about #i'm ashamed to admit that the racism didn't fully register on first viewing #i sort of thought 'wait are they being racist' but ended up interpreting it as classism #which it could also have been #lots of thoughts about finetime in general #the finetimers (especially lindy) reminded me really strongly of the bullies from school #but not in a way that set my trauma off #maybe cos they weren't being presented as right/sympathetic #maybe cos they were being eaten by slug monsters #someone can be a realistically flawed and complex human who doesn't necessarily deserve to die #while also being a snobbish conceited bigoted out-of-touch jerk #also the data processing work the finetimers do #if it can be handled for 2hrs/day by sheltered spoiled intensely social-media-addicted rich kids #how complex/critical is it really?#is the world of finetime a labour camp type thing with really good pr with the 1%#and the social media bubbles and panem-et-circensis mean the finetimers don't realise they're being exploited?#also not a very autistic-friendly world at all #i'm hella autistic and i'd get a migraine from using those things for a couple of minutes max #let alone all day #even odds whether autistic folx'd have an easy time of it in a society like that #the end of the episode also reminded me of the #golgafrincham b ark #from #hitchhikers guide #except less funny and at the other end of the socioeconomic scale #(lbr a telephone sanitiser third class is unlikely to be part of the 1%)

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