Oh, how meta! I think I'm glad it got cut, though. It's a little too fourth wall-breaking itself, and a little too "let us tell you what this means" in a way that precludes ambiguity. It does, I suppose, answer my questions about Kobol and humans creating the Cylons (v. 1.0) there--and I'm not sure how I feel about that info being (at least at the moment) extra-textual. Extra-textual commentary gives me such angst about intention!
Nevertheless, I do like the idea, and I think it nicely outlines the ways in which Cylons and humans are both alike and different, and that's a distinction that the characters themselves are necessarily struggling with right now. And the theatrical metaphor is apt, in terms of the Greek drama thing (I still think all of BSG is conforming in some important ways to the generic tropes of classical tragedy), in terms of the importance of theatre or specifically opera within the show, in terms of the show's own preoccupation with the way its own story is told (all the dramatic irony, etc.). Good stuff, if a little heavy-handed.
For some reason I'm not nearly getting the "flipper in immediate danger" vibes that you are. Maybe I'm deluding myself? I also haven't seen the trailer for next week. I mean, they were way too happy this week for there not to be DOOM in their probably immediate future, but I'm not sure DOOM necessarily spells dead flipper rather than just...lots of angst and awkwardness when Ellen gets back? *hopes for doom that is not too doomful, if such a thing is possible*
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Date: 2009-02-16 06:12 pm (UTC)Nevertheless, I do like the idea, and I think it nicely outlines the ways in which Cylons and humans are both alike and different, and that's a distinction that the characters themselves are necessarily struggling with right now. And the theatrical metaphor is apt, in terms of the Greek drama thing (I still think all of BSG is conforming in some important ways to the generic tropes of classical tragedy), in terms of the importance of theatre or specifically opera within the show, in terms of the show's own preoccupation with the way its own story is told (all the dramatic irony, etc.). Good stuff, if a little heavy-handed.
For some reason I'm not nearly getting the "flipper in immediate danger" vibes that you are. Maybe I'm deluding myself? I also haven't seen the trailer for next week. I mean, they were way too happy this week for there not to be DOOM in their probably immediate future, but I'm not sure DOOM necessarily spells dead flipper rather than just...lots of angst and awkwardness when Ellen gets back? *hopes for doom that is not too doomful, if such a thing is possible*