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====== Theme ====== | ====== Theme ====== | ||
- | <WRAP centeralign> | + | {{template>opening-box|content=A theme is any abstract idea which is explored within a story.}} |
- | A theme is any abstract idea which is explored within a story. | + | |
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Not to be confused for a [[lb: | Not to be confused for a [[lb: | ||
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This is the broadest yet most specific definition of a theme. And yes, ‘any’ means ‘any’. | This is the broadest yet most specific definition of a theme. And yes, ‘any’ means ‘any’. | ||
- | Themes don't necessarily have to be intentional, | + | Themes don't necessarily have to be intentional, |
Though when people (amateur YouTube critics) talk about themes, they tend to not talk about the emergent ones but the ones that //are// intentionally placed in a film. | Though when people (amateur YouTube critics) talk about themes, they tend to not talk about the emergent ones but the ones that //are// intentionally placed in a film. | ||
- | Examples of the type that are intentional would be // | + | Examples of the type that are intentional would be // |
[[lb:dn]] is probably the pre-eminent example of a work that has an emergent theme: as it //sorta//, //kinda//, //not really// explores the question of what justice is, embodied by Kira or L.\\ | [[lb:dn]] is probably the pre-eminent example of a work that has an emergent theme: as it //sorta//, //kinda//, //not really// explores the question of what justice is, embodied by Kira or L.\\ | ||
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In contrast, mentioning a theme generally means that you point at it and go “[[lb: | In contrast, mentioning a theme generally means that you point at it and go “[[lb: | ||
Viewers can also mis-identify themes just by assuming that exploring is the same thing as mentioning. | Viewers can also mis-identify themes just by assuming that exploring is the same thing as mentioning. | ||
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+ | This is focused around something very specific. Themes can often be screwed up by the original creators -- as in the example of my apparent favorite punching bag: Jurassic Park. Themes can also be mis-identified by the audience (or critic), who sees something that was never intended. | ||
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+ | A question that can be asked is...how do you determine the difference between these? And how can you tell if you're just seeing things that aren't there versus seeing something that //is// there that wasn't intentional? | ||
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+ | After thinking about this, I think I've come to a conclusion: it has to do with the [[lb: | ||
+ | The themes of a story generally have to be connected to the subject of a story -- to put this bluntly: what it is about in an abstract sense has to be related to what it is about literally.\\ | ||
+ | If the theme isn't directly connect-able to the subject...then there' | ||
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+ | This is also why, generally, stories can't really explore complex specific modern themes (like, I dunno, the ills of cryptocurrency) in a Fantasy setting. It just doesn' | ||
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+ | I almost forgot what I actually called this section. The other major aspect of determining whether a theme is in your head or not has to do with the context of the story.\\ | ||
+ | Basically, some things in the story will either //support// or // | ||
+ | A different example is the film //The Platform//, which I haven' | ||
+ | - The fact that you cannot meaningfully connect the theme to the subject. | ||
+ | - The fact that the food is being granted to everyone through a centralized conveyor which literally goes top-down, which is not capitalist. Capitalism is explicitly decentralized. | ||
+ | The film actually is a better " | ||
+ | ===== Themes ===== | ||
+ | <div center-text> | ||
+ | [[lb: | ||
+ | </ |
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