Dimension

The great irony of this
show is that it failed to
do what the show itself
depicts: allow people
from disparate cultures
to work together,
influence each other,
clash with each other,
and to live moments of
each other’s' lives.
a single global imagination — the only way to attempt
to depict a true global imagination would be
to create — in the writers room and on the directors’
chairs — a facsimile of a sensate cluster. Just imagine
it: eight equal auteurs, each in their own physical
location and cultural context, striving together — and
frequently pulling apart — to achieve a single, complex
story on film. Even the failure of such an enterprise
would have been far more ambitious, far more glorious,
far more Ehrgeizversagensschoen, than the Sense8
we actually got.
There are four more seasons to go on this show,
if the Wachowskis get their way. Season 2 completed
filming this summer and all episodes are slated for
release on Netflix in December 2016. Let’s hope that
in the future their globalism is more than just an
aesthetic decision.
Bottom line: yes, watch it. Binge it. Its failure is far
more interesting than the success of almost anything
else happening at this moment. And it’s truly one of
the most diverse shows on TV right now.
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