![]() ![]() New London is a place where the citizenry are kept docile through abundant drugs, sex, and other distractions. If Westworld hadn’t already ground every last ounce of titillation out of the concept of filmed orgies, Brave New World will in short order. It quickly becomes clear that the last dictate is the TV show’s primary area of interest. We are told at the beginning that New London has three rules to keep everyone happy: No privacy. The scenery is gorgeous, the digital FX casually real, so that when Lenina enjoys the wonder of zero gravity on an orbital flight with Bernard, it makes sense both that she’d be giddy and that the other passengers would be utterly jaded to it.īut this adaptation, developed by Grant Morrison, Brian Taylor, and David Wiener, never digs below those polished surfaces, either in exploring the characters or the story’s themes. New London is a gleaming and wholly plausible paradise for people like Lenina and Bernard, as well as an obvious dystopia for anyone unlucky enough to be born at Cjack 60’s rank. It’s a great-looking cast, and a great-looking show. In addition to Ehenreich, this latest version of Aldous Huxley’s middle school English-class staple stars, among others, Jessica Brown Findlay from Downton Abbey, as pleasure-seeking Lenina Crowne, Harry Lloyd from Counterpart, as administrator Bernard Marx, Kylie Bunbury from Pitch, as Lenina’s friend Frannie, Joseph Morgan from The Vampire Diaries, as menial laborer Cjack 60, and Demi Moore, as John’s alcoholic mother, Linda. But, hey, at least it all looks fabulous. Welcome to this not-so Brave New World, where all the ideas feel old and not nearly as deeply considered as the creators think. Related: Is NBC’s Peacock Worth It? Here’s What to Know About the New Streaming Service When he asks what the special suits do, his host replies, “The suits? They look fabulous!” As the rules are explained to him, John quickly realizes that it’s just a high-tech version of hide-and-seek. At one point, John arrives at a fancy party where the guests are preparing for what they claim is an exciting new game that involves lots of technology and vibrant outfits. In the meantime, society tries to force them back into familiar patterns with varying degrees of success.In the new TV adaptation of Brave New World, Alden Ehrenreich plays John the Savage, a stranger to the future society of New London, who is constantly puzzled by the city’s decadence as well as its rigid caste system. Troy also tries to escape from his imposed role. Colleague Alex holds on tightly to her work, until she gets feelings for Evelyn (Angela Herenda) and her rationalism fades into the background. Programmer Kris wants to break out of the system, but at the same time has a great fascination for the androids that – unlike people – never fall into disrepair. ![]() Outside the walls of this organized society, the outcasts, the people who could not come along or did not want to conform, live in chaos. CEO’s have a worldwide control, robots are lifelike and people aren’t born but ‘made’. “The plot focuses on three characters, who find their way in an oppressive future. This performance is spoken in Dutch and English, with English surtitles in every venue. “This is not a show, but an experience” – Dagblad van het Noorden Language No Problem A production with 23 actors, dancers and musicians that will force the audience to think and act. ![]() Inspired by Brave New World, but also by the works of Naomi Klein (This changes everything, No is not enough), Thomas Picketty (Capital in the Twenty-First Century) and Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus), director Guy Weizman and writer Rik van den Bos create an arresting, in your face Brave New World 2.0 that’s relevant to our modern times. Artificial intelligence, robots and hyper-intelligent algorithms create opportunities but also raise an important question: is the world becoming a better place through these technological developments, or do they only increase an already existing inequality between the haves and have-nots? The divided society predicted by Aldous Huxley in his 1932 novel, Brave New World, was meant as a warning but already seems recognizable to the modern day reader. Brave New World 2.0 examines the future of humanity.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |