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What is a parasite?
In the traditional sense, the parasite is a being that lives and feeds off of its host. The rest of us regular animals are just minding our own business, living our good and proper lives, when they invade us. The stink bug, the flea, the mosquito - all are vile insects whom prey on our noble souls. Not only that, but they often use subtle tactics of invasion that we might not even notice until it…
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Neon Genesis Evangelion has always been a deconstruction of something. It began 'simply' as a deconstruction of the mecha genre, with the first half of the original show telling the story of a young boy who must suffer through the surprisingly painful ordeal of piloting a beastly, world-saving robot, constantly being told to fight against unholy angels. Then, it became a deconstruction of the human ego and psyche, as it broke down every single character into despair, explored what lead…
Cinderella is a lie. You don't get to live fast and alive in a money-fueled romance with a billionaire - reality catches up, and your happiness freezes. All that wonderful absurdity of the eccentrically wealthy is toxic, slowly choking you out.
Rich people can't love or respect you. You're a tool to them - one they have the luxury to use against people that 'really matter', especially if they believe you have no dignity. And you? You don't have any…
Takes the original text's punishment of female sexuality, removes the happy ending/restoration of 1800s order, lets the victim become a strong, rage-filled protagonist, then takes the final punishment about 20 steps too far.
Though, perhaps, that begs us to consider what the suffering women of the past really felt, and how malicious and evil their society's horrific framing of their suffering was.
Also, immaculate lighting and filming and stuff
First Act: Haha, what if we turned all the fairytales into a really memorable and funny dark comedy
Second Act: Decisions are, and always will be, the hardest parts of life. We go through our lives with a naive, simplistic perspective that we are good, the ugly and mean people are bad, and that everything will eventually go our way. The problem arises when everyone believes this, and when we all begin to develop our own individualised senses of morality…
