Still, I couldn’t help but wonder why social commentary on a work of fiction would be seen as trying to prevent anyone from enjoying it. If anything, wouldn’t connecting a piece of popular media to an issue that’s relevant to current society add to its value instead of detract from it? No piece of media exists in a vacuum, so social commentary is inevitable. Many consumers of popular media favor escapism and therefore want to draw clear-cut lines between the fictional worlds that they indulge in and reality. Nevertheless, any barriers between fiction and reality still allow social issues and phenomena to seep into popular media.

Source: Daily Sun November 02, 2021 01:44 UTC