It's actually interesting the degree to which Westworld gets seen as less flawed bc it speaks the language of "HBO prestige drama"
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You know what I wish they'd done is delved more into MiB on WW as a stand-in for the hardcore fan who Really Gets It
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Have Man in Black straight-up claim that when he goes in for the raping and the killing it's because he truly empathizes and cares
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The Problematic thing abt HBO dramas isn't the guilty-pleasure tits and blood and violation. You can get that shit anywhere
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The specific thing they ought to be critiquing is that by using a certain style and set of tropes the guilty pleasure is elevated
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Man in Black is about that, but not explicitly and clearly so, it doesn't indict the viewer they think it does
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Which gets me because (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER) Boyd in Dollhouse IS that, and very explicitly, and in a very direct "fuck you viewer" way
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"I'm not gawking at the heroine's exploitation and abuse, I'm following her story in order to Experience Her Journey"
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"I'm fascinated with fictional trauma because I yearn to see the traumatized person Grow and Be Made Whole"
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And in the end they take that away from Man in Black and give that motivation to Ford, and then say that Ford was Right and Sincere and Good
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What I really want to see happen in WW S2 is for the Hosts to, themselves, decide that Ford was wrong and a piece of shit
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Charismatic Sociopathic Heroes are bad but not -- I would argue! -- as bad as Charismatic Sociopathic Mentors
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ESPECIALLY when the author seems to agree with the mentor that their objectively evil acts were necessary for the hero's Growth
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