What you point out here reminds me of a TV mini-series I discovered a few years ago which stood out to me so much because it repeatedly foiled the viewers' expectations (reinforced by news, media, movies, and TV) that badness and evil must exist around every corner.
My relatively short post about this is here for anyone interested:
WHAT AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE.
What you point out here reminds me of a TV mini-series I discovered a few years ago which stood out to me so much because it repeatedly foiled the viewers' expectations (reinforced by news, media, movies, and TV) that badness and evil must exist around every corner.
My relatively short post about this is here for anyone interested:
"The Best Thing About The Queen's Gambit"
https://theunexpectedworld.substack.com/p/the-best-thing-about-the-queens-gambit