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RE: Thoughts about Messiah (2020 TV Show Review)
Wow a very interesting review. It's good TV news for 2020. Although there are many swear words, violence and sexuality ... one wonders - which series does not have it today?
For your analysis 10/10. When I see Messiah I send you my rating.
Kind regards @cryptosharon
Yay! Thank you for the compliments. I was very hesitant when I posted it, but you guys made me glad that I did post it. I didn't think my analysis was so meaty, but it seems it did carry something for many people to appreciate. It's surprising but I'll take it.
And yeah, swear words and violence are not rarely seen in today's media. They're our daily bread. Sexuality is a bit more badly seen in youngsters' TV but what teenager hasn't delt with puberty and hormones? So all in all, I think that the risk lies more in the frequent misrepresentation of these issues in media, which makes youngsters grow up with misconceptions and problematic worldviews. But I think this show explains things really well and the representations are well within context, so the problems that may arise are not really from those, and thus I think the R+ rating does not mean that teens shouldn't see this.
But I think you'd be surprised about how much censorship goes on in day to day TV. Death, swear words and sexuality are very often omitted and glossed over. Even in most action TV shows and movies today, where people are supposed to die quite often, explosions don't ever lead to mangled bodies, just destroyed objects and the magical disappearance of enemies. Just contrast Star Wars' planet destroyers with Hiroshima's nuclear bomb museum. One is simply an explosion showcasing how powerful the Empire is, and the other one is an emotional display of massive victimhood. Statistics vs. humanisation. I think that summarises well the general state of censorship in general public media today.