Variety has word that 1212 Entertainment and Anonymous Content are working together to adapt The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin to television. Theo Downes-Le Guin, son of the author, is also par…
I predict there will be a huge amount of rage threads over how the soviet union analogue in the story is portrayed, followed by a bunch of more awkward rage threads as people realize it's all the same as the book.
The scene where he chooses not to help the communist by giving them the technology they need to defeat space US because they are too authoritarian is going to send people through the roof.
Yeah, the thing that's going to get people is that it's played as if betraying the communist is part of the anarchist walking the path to true freedom. Which is where you can see why capital would look at the story and think they can get some use of it in regards to China. It's also being produced by the company that used anarchism in that way with Mr.Robot.
On the one hand, Shevek gives the token gommie a patronizing speech about how Thu didn't just press the communism button, but on the other there is some mention of Thuvianists collaborating with the anarchists.
The book is weird on this. Yeah right at first, Shevek slaps down the Thuvian ambassador. But then for the rest of the book the Thuvians are portrayed as the good guys and help Shevek along the way.
I predict there will be a huge amount of rage threads over how the soviet union analogue in the story is portrayed, followed by a bunch of more awkward rage threads as people realize it's all the same as the book.
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The scene where he chooses not to help the communist by giving them the technology they need to defeat space US because they are too authoritarian is going to send people through the roof.
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Yeah, the thing that's going to get people is that it's played as if betraying the communist is part of the anarchist walking the path to true freedom. Which is where you can see why capital would look at the story and think they can get some use of it in regards to China. It's also being produced by the company that used anarchism in that way with Mr.Robot.
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On the one hand, Shevek gives the token gommie a patronizing speech about how Thu didn't just press the communism button, but on the other there is some mention of Thuvianists collaborating with the anarchists.
The book is weird on this. Yeah right at first, Shevek slaps down the Thuvian ambassador. But then for the rest of the book the Thuvians are portrayed as the good guys and help Shevek along the way.
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