Francis Underwood, Vice President of the United States, in the Netflix series “House of Cards” turns his face to the camera and says: “There are two types of Vice Presidents: Doormats and matadors. Which do you think I intend to be?”.
Starting from the thrilling movie “Dune”, the article draws a parallel between the precious Spice Melange and Data in the 21th century.
The increasing importance of Chinese movie market to Hollywood studios’ bottom-line has led to a culture of appeasement and provided space for the CPC to promote its propaganda movies.
Spike Lee’s 2020 film “Da 5 Bloods” takes a critical look at the issue of racial discrimination in past and present USA.
Sacha Baron Cohen has produced a diverse roster of outrageous characters, storylines and documentaries. While the projects are laced with social and political commentary, can they qualify as political activism?
Star Trek drew major inspiration from the political and social environment of the time, as these events drastically characterised the ethos and morality of the show as well as creating a more vivid world for the audience. This is something that was extremely relevant in the early iteration of the series, however was completely neglected in the more modern iteration of Star Trek in favour of mindless action and mainstream appeal. For the sake of our analysis, we are going to compare The Original Series (TOS) and The Next Generation (TNG) to the more modern shows, as to figure out why things have changed so drastically.
“I Can’t Breathe.” These are the words that have shook the world. The crude murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis Police Department has started a chain of reaction that now sees Minnesota’s chief town in riot. And yes, I said murder, for the action of former police officer Derek Chauvin cannot just be dismissed as an excess of force during the arrest. Yet, as an act of manslaughter guided by racial hate. And as such, it begets anger from those who cannot just stand by for such events.
It is fair to acknowledge that the world after the Covid-19 pandemic will change. There will be – at least in the short term – a reshaping of our way of life, and this will have the most repercussions in the social sphere of our interactions.
From Parasite to a parasite, that is how the global focus has shifted in these first months of the nefarious 2020.
Unfortunately, just weeks later another parasite ramped on into the spotlight, with the breaking of the novel Coronavirus infecting over 200.000 people in the span of just two months, bringing the world into quarantine.
However, these two “parasites” share a similar menacing truth: they inherit flaws of the capitalist system which now more than ever is exposing its true unnatural features.
By Francesco Felici Super Bowl final, February 2020. The football teams San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Pitchers face each …
