The City
Vielmouse / 2023
Source: The Sentinel (1996)
Audio: The City by The 1975
- Convention CON.TXT 2023
- Show Premieres
- Premiering Yes
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Jim, Blair, and Incacha explore The City of Cascade and their connections to nature, set to and emulating "The City" video by the 1975, with additional clips from Nip/Tuck (brief nudity).
This vid acknowledges the source's use of the harmful "magical Native American" trope in its portrayal of Incacha, and attempts to avoid playing into it by only using non-mystical clips, and by portraying the "big oil vs. nature" theme as the relevant and systemic issue that it is, rather than the "few bad apples" the show resolved it as.
The vid is meant to connect all 3 characters through their love of The City's good aspects, while showing how they lovingly support each other in facing how deeply The City's consumption and corruption harms the rest of the world (visualizing their emotional connections via overlays of skyscrapers vs trees, rather than using the show's mystical, "shared visions" imagery).
- Brief nudity Premieres (CON.TXT 2023)
- Canonical racist portrayal of Indigenous person Premieres (CON.TXT 2023)
- mildly flashy overlays but not strobing Premieres (CON.TXT 2023)
- Visual triggers Premieres (CON.TXT 2023)