Hello Mr. Diaz! I made the same "request" back in December, so forgive me for the double request. Though I thought that on the off-chance it got buried or you didn't see it perhaps I would mention it again below. Before I do, though, I just want to say how much I appreciate the El Akkad recommendation here. I've been teaching What Strange Paradise to my seniors for several years, and at the risk of losing my job, used some passages from his new book this past semester. His work could not be more important and relevant to the political moment we're in.
Onto the request!
I'm curious if you might run Black Mirror's "Nosedive" episode through one of your "tests" as you've done with other films / TV shows. I'm a creative writing teacher and just recently re-watched this episode after subscribing to your Substack, and to me it does quite a number of the things you write about here quite successfully (I think?). I'm wondering what your take on that episode may be? Like I said I think it has all of the right ingredients (character wants / desires, plenty of "friction", character change, high stakes, and a perilous character arc where by the end of the episode the protagonist is in complete shambles). I'm curious what you think and if it may be worthy of a "deep dive" like we have here (referring to The Substance breakdown).
Thank you so much for this work, my own teaching has been strengthened immeasurably since becoming a subscriber, and I'm just a huge fan of yours!
thank you for the kind quesiton and i wish i had more time but alas i dont and im not sure if ill be able to get to this - my media must-do list is dumb long but the most important thing of all is that youre viewing received narratives in ways that will help you understand your own.
And all you have given us here are feasts, for consumption. Love Jamaican myself, especially Boston Jerk, that I saw prepared in the old fashioned traditional way, smoked from a pit in the ground. Love the brilliant idea of languages of the market - itself is a way of speaking in different tongues. Inspired by the salsa in Hong Kong, growth of hybrids of all descriptions. What will the world become - waiting reading watching feasting...
someone else asked this very question in a DM. ive actually been thinking on this one so please give me a few days and ill see what i can do. thank you for taking the time to ask a question.
thank you for your kind comment. serendipitously someone asked nearly the same question in the comments. give me a few days and ill try to take this one on...
Hello Mr. Diaz! I made the same "request" back in December, so forgive me for the double request. Though I thought that on the off-chance it got buried or you didn't see it perhaps I would mention it again below. Before I do, though, I just want to say how much I appreciate the El Akkad recommendation here. I've been teaching What Strange Paradise to my seniors for several years, and at the risk of losing my job, used some passages from his new book this past semester. His work could not be more important and relevant to the political moment we're in.
Onto the request!
I'm curious if you might run Black Mirror's "Nosedive" episode through one of your "tests" as you've done with other films / TV shows. I'm a creative writing teacher and just recently re-watched this episode after subscribing to your Substack, and to me it does quite a number of the things you write about here quite successfully (I think?). I'm wondering what your take on that episode may be? Like I said I think it has all of the right ingredients (character wants / desires, plenty of "friction", character change, high stakes, and a perilous character arc where by the end of the episode the protagonist is in complete shambles). I'm curious what you think and if it may be worthy of a "deep dive" like we have here (referring to The Substance breakdown).
Thank you so much for this work, my own teaching has been strengthened immeasurably since becoming a subscriber, and I'm just a huge fan of yours!
thank you for the kind quesiton and i wish i had more time but alas i dont and im not sure if ill be able to get to this - my media must-do list is dumb long but the most important thing of all is that youre viewing received narratives in ways that will help you understand your own.
And all you have given us here are feasts, for consumption. Love Jamaican myself, especially Boston Jerk, that I saw prepared in the old fashioned traditional way, smoked from a pit in the ground. Love the brilliant idea of languages of the market - itself is a way of speaking in different tongues. Inspired by the salsa in Hong Kong, growth of hybrids of all descriptions. What will the world become - waiting reading watching feasting...
someone else asked this very question in a DM. ive actually been thinking on this one so please give me a few days and ill see what i can do. thank you for taking the time to ask a question.
thank you for your kind comment. serendipitously someone asked nearly the same question in the comments. give me a few days and ill try to take this one on...