Beware of spoilers… There’s an eerie but evocative moment where Jung Sun-ah saunters down the aisle of as the new chair of the Social Reform Foundation and the watching audience are almost entirely decked in dark, muted colours. The iconography is immediately startling and suggestive. What follows in the form of the President’s speech confirms what this moment is meant to convey. It heralds a new era — one of an increasing authoritarian grip on a fractured society marked by a certain degree of lawlessness. In a performance of a lifetime the flamboyant head of state takes advantage of the public’s concern with corruption within the SFR and pontificates hysterically over his new law and order agenda. It’s a masterful moment of “wagging the dog” — misdirecting the media consuming public and turning their attention away from the real culprits by redirecting their ire against outsiders… as culprits of recent woes. It’s an ugly manifestation of nationalism that alludes to fascistic tendencies among the so-called elites. The irony is that to gain absolute control of the public space, they must first stoke the fires of public opinion to burn for their cause.
The Devil Judge (2021) Episodes 5-8
The Devil Judge (2021) Episodes 5-8
The Devil Judge (2021) Episodes 5-8
Beware of spoilers… There’s an eerie but evocative moment where Jung Sun-ah saunters down the aisle of as the new chair of the Social Reform Foundation and the watching audience are almost entirely decked in dark, muted colours. The iconography is immediately startling and suggestive. What follows in the form of the President’s speech confirms what this moment is meant to convey. It heralds a new era — one of an increasing authoritarian grip on a fractured society marked by a certain degree of lawlessness. In a performance of a lifetime the flamboyant head of state takes advantage of the public’s concern with corruption within the SFR and pontificates hysterically over his new law and order agenda. It’s a masterful moment of “wagging the dog” — misdirecting the media consuming public and turning their attention away from the real culprits by redirecting their ire against outsiders… as culprits of recent woes. It’s an ugly manifestation of nationalism that alludes to fascistic tendencies among the so-called elites. The irony is that to gain absolute control of the public space, they must first stoke the fires of public opinion to burn for their cause.