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  1. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2019 07:09:58 EDT Nate Cull Nate Cull

    The puzzle of Blade Runner's 2019: A mass sprawling cityscape that is also, somehow, 'depopulated'.

    Is this really what depopulation looks like? Super-crowded Hong Kong?

    Or is it specifically 'there are lots of people but WHITE people are no longer a majority' that's supposed to feel dystopian and 'depopulated'?

    In short, is the film language of Blade Runner's cityscape subtle racism?

    https://medium.com/@ray.zhu/bridging-the-gap-sci-fi-cinema-and-depictions-of-hong-kong-sar-b15800678c29

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    https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/blade-runner

    In conversation Monday, 26-Aug-2019 07:09:58 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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