Futurama has accidentally become a fascinating document of social change
Futurama has accidentally become a fascinating document of social change
The acclaimed adult cartoon has been brought back from the dead – and not for the first time. It’s never going to recapture the brilliance of the original run, writes Louis Chilton, but the series’ stop-start history has made it a compelling record of changing cultural obsessions
I've just found this article about Futurama on The Independent, a UK newspaper. It comments on the changes in Futurama reflecting the changes in society in general.
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Zeitgeist / Hegel.
He argued that art reflects the culture of the time in which it was created.
Suspect this is especially true for larger productions, where you have numerous people influencing the production, writers, producers, actors, the studio, director, etc.
Star Trek is the same way. Look at the newer series and how many of them reflect contemporary issues.