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rotzaprachim · 2 years

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i think the beach sequence is fascinating too in light of how many buzzy beach location sights anglo tourists flocked to in the 60′s-90′s (hypothetically when this show i guess would kind of be set??) in latin america, the caribbean, spain, and portugal that had that buzzy hyper capitalist tourists lying on blankets vibez whilst having right wing authoritarian dictatorships. palm trees and espadrilles can happen in the same place as people being violently disapeared and sent to labour camps. a man walks out of his hotel room to buy snacks for a one night stand to be immediately profiled and accused of another man’s crimes. (the crime is anti-imperial speech.) it isn’t just genius writing but quite a pointed reference

#andor #andor meta #niamos #i'm not an expert on latin american or iberian history so feel free to correct me but like #i thought it was a deeply horrifying aspect of the empire that makes. well of course #like aesthetics won't save you from authoritarianism. that can all happen with sun and surf #furthermore something something to say about the tourism industry often being a part of the economic schema of repressive governments #the push they have to try to quote corral the seedly problem (working class people and locals) to bring in that tourist moolah #and how tourism can function as part of their #money making apparatus. like knowing there's a tacky beach resort in the same place people get taken to labour camps #YEAH YEAH

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