How catastrophes are represented by the entertainment industry
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2022.187284Keywords:
Fiction, Catastrophe, Memory, RepresentationAbstract
This article explores happenings of wide social impact, like the tragedies caused by nuclear accidents, which have their emotional load explored by many film productions, aiming to expose the interest of the entertainment industry of exploring great worldwide tragedies. We also propose to investigate what fiction adds as appeal to the public that consumes it as an entertainment. To that end, we analyze the miniseries Chernobyl, from HBO, since, despite the spectacle traces it may show, the representation of the tragedy as a means of redemption from the past can justify the success of these types of productions, which dramatize the real catastrophe seeking to understand it. We conclude that, despite all that, this may not be the ideal genre for the scientific education of the population and for awakening their critical sense.
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