What’s a good movie / tv show that escapes the narrative fallacy? I’d like to watch something showing men evolving inside complex, emergent systems, instead of the usual emphasis on the impact and linear story of a lone hero
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A stab: structuralism shows bigger systemic patterns emerging, whereas slice-of-life just gives you a glimpse into one little (very realistic) corner of something. The Wire is probably the best piece of structuralist fiction. What are some great slice-of-life movies/TV shows?
)What I appreciate about all these genres is irreducible complexity. Nothing is entirely arbitrary, because everything is pushing up against everything else. There are no vacant niches; the gears all fully connect.
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Yes! Irrationality or arbitrariness is the fruit of the poisonous tree in fiction. Makes everything after it useless and not believable
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Agreed, although there seems to be a breaking point at the far extreme of randomness / arbitrariness, where it breaks into absurd comic. Edika or Gotlib are French comic authors in that gender.
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