Out of Frame
About this show
Video essays that explore the intersection of art, culture, and big ideas written & produced by FEE's Director of Media, Sean W. Malone.
Who's the REAL monster here?
January 22, 2022
On this episode of Out of Frame, we get into Season II of The Witcher and apply its main theme of “What makes a monster?” to our charged, increasingly extremist political landscape.
In America, and across the globe, political factions are becoming more and more disparate, shifting further to the left and to the right. For curious, persuadable, level-headed moderates – and independents – this does not bode well. People are being pushed to “pick a side” while talking heads and politicians convince half of the population that the other half are irredeemable monsters that should be cast out of society.
As The Witcher puts forth, however, “Monsters are born of deeds done… unforgivable ones.” Meaning, people with certain ideas are not monsters by default. It is only when we’re convinced to take violent action against other “monsters” that we become monsters. It’s a lesson we should take heed, lest we see actual violence break out, foolishly repeating past historical errors.
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone & Jen Maffessanti
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Edited by Michael Ozias
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
LINKS:
– The Witcher –
– Political Insanity & Cancel Culture –
https://kuow.org/stories/a-rose-by-any-other-name-would-not-be-me
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37702239
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/opinion/facial-recognition-race.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/is-peanut-butter-and-jelly-racist_n_1874905
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/university-claims-long-time-no-see-expression-derogatory-to-asians/
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/04/fourth-of-julys-ugly-truth-exposed-the-declaration-of-independence-is-sexist-racist-and-prejudice/
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/msnbc-s-melissa-harris-perry-implies-star-wars-is-racist-because-darth-vader-is-a-black-guy-a6775406.html
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/9/13/17847542/students-waging-war-sexist-racist-school-dress-codes
https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/10/math-racist-university-illinois-professor/
– Tim Pool “Swatted” –
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tim-pool-gets-swatted-during-live-broadcast
https://youtu.be/s3mh5P1E5Ho
– Institutional Political Bias –
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/just-7-percent-of-journalists-are-republicans-thats-far-less-than-even-a-decade-ago/
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/journalists-shower-hillary-clinton-with-campaign-cash/
https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/2/homogenous_the_political_affiliations_of_elite_liberal_arts_college_faculty
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html
– Political Polarization –
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/a-quarter-of-democrats-and-republicans-only-get-news-from-outlets-with-audiences-that-share-their-political-views/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/whats-the-answer-to-political-polarization/470163/
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/
– The Psychology of Anger –
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260787/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32491743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530430/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21482550/
– Political Censorship –
https://medium.com/the-establishment/the-sad-case-of-laci-green-feminist-hero-turned-anti-feminist-defender-322515344297
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57090202
– Nonviolence –
https://fee.org/articles/what-we-can-learn-from-the-machiavelli-of-nonviolence/
https://fee.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-s-6-principles-of-non-violence/
https://fee.org/articles/us-capitol-attack-a-reminder-of-the-perils-of-using-violence-in-the-name-of-injustice/
https://fee.org/articles/dr-king-s-message-of-nonviolence-and-love-is-vital-today/
