I only saw Stay Awake for the first time the other day - and yes, it's very fascinating and I agree, far more interesting to me. It plays into your points about alien/human hybrids later in your comment. The concept is interesting but then there's the question of what attitudes are being brought to bear in the way the story is conveyed on screen. How culpable is an audience in this? Why do we watch? Do the writers have an agenda or is it simply "the way the world works" because no one questions it? Certainly all fascinating questions that can be applied to a number of things I do like.
But as you say, On the Prowl doesn't represent us so it's not something that makes instinctive sense.
Do people write such things because they think the audience wants to see it? Or does the audience watch it because people write it and put it on screen? Hmm.
I think that people write these things because they do think it's what the audience wants and then that becomes what the audience wants because it's what they're used to? It's circular? The writing reflects the (messed up) world and we all end up thinking that world is normal - each thing reinforces the other and creates a situation where no one has to question the uncomfortable stuff that goes in there?
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Date: 2010-08-25 12:59 pm (UTC)But as you say, On the Prowl doesn't represent us so it's not something that makes instinctive sense.
Do people write such things because they think the audience wants to see it? Or does the audience watch it because people write it and put it on screen? Hmm.
I think that people write these things because they do think it's what the audience wants and then that becomes what the audience wants because it's what they're used to? It's circular? The writing reflects the (messed up) world and we all end up thinking that world is normal - each thing reinforces the other and creates a situation where no one has to question the uncomfortable stuff that goes in there?