Fifteen Million Merits Episode Analysis

Fifteen Million Merits episode illustrates compelling dystopian society. The non narrative element that made the episode an example of a compelling dystopian was the music. Notice when in the when Madsen woke and he plugged the ear plugs in his ear, his face showed a face of sorrow. Madsen did not want to live in that society where he had to run everyday to gain points to live by. He wanted to make it big like Selma and gain his first opportunity when he heard Abi in the bathroom. He believed that was his ticket to a new lifestyle. When he heard her sing, he attitude changed dramatically. It was a “new day” for Madsen. Majority of the show shows how he does the same thing over and over. The music captivates the viewer to feel the same way he’s feeling. In my opinion, when I was watching the episode, I was kind of feeling the way he felt. The feeling of like giving
In the show, we see three judges who have different personalities. A English man who is like Simon, a woman judge who is Jennifer Lopez, and African American who is Randy. I believe it deeper than that. I believe that it aiming how talent is being viewed by shows like American Idol, but in particular the actions of the judges. It shows the thirst for distraction on national TV. For example, when Abi went on the stage, she went to sing. Eventually ended up being a porn star. You may ask how did that come to pass? Here is the answer, one of the judges answer changed the whole game. Judge Wraith wanted to see some cleavage and that distracted the crowd from her singing skills but focused on her looks. Fifteen million merits satirizes the development of TV shows.
Everyday we are getting closer to this reality. This is something that has been going for some time now. We are too far in to change it. It is something that we have to deal with, but it is important that we understand what is going on in our