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 ====== Theme ======
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-A theme is any abstract idea which is explored within a story.
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-Not to be confused for a [[lb:subject-matter]]. For a comparison, read [[lb:subject vs theme]].
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+{{template>opening-box|content=A theme is any abstract idea which is explored within a story.}}
+Not to be confused for a [[lb:subject-matter]]. For a comparison, read [[lb:subject vs theme]].
 ===== Elaboration =====
 This is the broadest yet most specific definition of a theme. And yes, ‘any’ means ‘any’.
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 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 //[[lb:androids.sheep]]// in [[lb:Blade Runner]] and “//Life, uh, finds a way//” in [[playground:media:jurassic.park]]. Coincidentally, neither of those films explore those specific themes properly. Jurassic Park, in fact, has a different emergent theme: showing the consequences of Zoo mismanagement.
+Examples of the type that are intentional would be //[[lb:androids.sheep]]// in [[lb:Blade Runner]] and <q>“//Life, uh, finds a way//”</q> in [[playground:media:jurassic.park]]. Coincidentally, neither of those films explore those specific themes properly. Jurassic Park, in fact, has a different emergent theme: showing the consequences of Zoo mismanagement.
 [[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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 Now for consequences: the park's computer system is hijacked, resulting in a blackout; animals become sick; animals start escaping the second they have the opportunity to; a man was eaten by Raptors; many people died.
-In contrast, mentioning a theme generally means that you point at it and go “[[lb:androids sheep]]” and then calling it a day. You don't really show the specifics of what contributes to that theme, or show consequences...or really do anything.\\
+In contrast, mentioning a theme generally means that you point at it and go <q :en>[[lb:androids sheep]]</q> and then calling it a day. You don't really show the specifics of what contributes to that theme, or show consequences...or really do anything.\\
 Viewers can also mis-identify themes just by assuming that exploring is the same thing as mentioning.
 ==== Weight ====
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   - 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 "socialism is bad" film than a "capitalism is bad" film (oops). Though in either case you still can't meaningfully connect those themes to the subject of the film. More broadly, it can be interpreted as saying that "even if you did your best to share resources equally, there might still never be enough".
+===== Themes =====
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+[[lb:androids sheep]] • [[lb:ghost in the shell]] • [[lb:japanese kumbaya]]
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