The Ethics of Science and Spirituality in the OA

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Жыл бұрын

In this video essay I look at the overarching themes of science and spirituality in the OA and how they discuss complicity, belief, integration, control, and balance. And under 15 minutes! Short and sweet lol. The OA is one of my favorite shows ever and it deserves more rep everywhere but specifically in the video essay department!! Hop on it!!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:18 The Differences
02:20 Belief
04:33 Complicity and Yin and Yang
08:00 Manipulation and Retaliation
09:13 Utilizing the System
10:27 Integration
11:27 Conclusion
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The OA, Netflix’s The OA, Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij, sci fi show, Prairie Johnson, Nina Azarova, Hap, Hunter A. Percy, NDEs, near death experiences, Jung, yin and yang, buck vu, French, Steve Winchell, BBA, Karim, Netflix original, oa video essay, The OA video essay

Пікірлер: 17

@panxen3027 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised there's not more essays about this show. Every time I watch it (and I rewatched it quite a few times) I find something new. A story like that does not happen often. Let's hope there will be more of it one day!

@milesmemory Жыл бұрын

Same! There's quite a lot of discussion threads on twitter but it's bare bones over here

@ahsjdjkskckd Жыл бұрын

I’m looking forward to more OA video essays!

@TheWriteStuffWC Жыл бұрын

I wish they would bring this show back! So much more could happen!

@neyenolalquiaga6098 Ай бұрын

every time I re-watch this show I find new things to talk about w my friends

@milesmemory 26 күн бұрын

This is so sweet thank u for coming back to it!!

@eurovicious 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing work.

@milesmemory 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😇😇

@valerie3184 Жыл бұрын

Keep up, it was a pleasure to watch

@milesmemory Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@ChelseyLinden 3 ай бұрын

#SaveTheOA

@aieshaoliver Жыл бұрын

Interesting that you consider Hap light and good as the medical experimenting captor who exploits and Prairie dark who needs his approval to be considered a human being who deserves freedom.

@milesmemory Жыл бұрын

I think you might’ve misinterpreted what I said, I was looking at the sides of the characters that are less touched upon. I think all of us generally see the OA as light and Hap as dark but in order to see everyone as *grey* you have to see the light in Hap and dark in OA too, so no I don’t consider Hap light or good, the point of the video was that I consider no one light or dark or good or bad at all

@aieshaoliver Жыл бұрын

@Miles Memory kidnapping and holding people hostage against their will to experiment isn't good and their is no grey area there. Were they charged with a crime or was Hap simply interested or curious about their lives. Hap created a type of Stockholm syndrome in his kidnapped 'patients' making guinea pigs out of their existence. Prairie and the other captors tried to escape Hap's tyranny.

@milesmemory Жыл бұрын

I feel u and would totally agree if this was real life, but as a fictional piece of media this video essay was more about broader strokes of yin and yang in what plays out fundamentally like a dark fairytale, not a realistic retelling of a hostage scenario But to me Hap did not create Stockholm syndrome in his victims, not only cuz the term is pseudoscience but because none of them actually enjoyed being around him/stayed because of him, or defended him against others. If the OA or the other Haptives had Stockholm syndrome they wouldn’t have tried to escape or fight back so many times, they did that for each other

@aieshaoliver Жыл бұрын

@Miles Memory these types of situations do occur in real life. Your logic is the same that supports domestic abuse, financial abuse, modern day slavery, human trafficking, and a host of blackmailing scenarios etc. Why didn't they leave...perhaps because they were held captive and disability was a factor which makes manipulating 'patients' more revolting.

@ChelseyLinden Жыл бұрын

#SaveTheOA