Is there a name for trope where things looks perfect/beautiful on outside but have a dark, sordid underbelly and everybody repressing it?
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Isn't this basically dystopianism, of the variety represented in "Elysium"?
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no, that's two worlds. I am talking world that looks pretty actually being ugly once you learn to red it's hidden dynamics.
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Hmm. I would argue that this is the case with the pretty world in Elysium, but I see your point.
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American Beauty or Stepford Wives is more what I mean.

