𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦; 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 "𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳" 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺".
- Oryou Rikako (#PsychoPass)
Tonight's #mediatherapy session was quite difficult ... #PsychoPass is NOT an easy piece of media to work with. It is an angry, brutal, evisceration of Japanese culture and standards ... a harsh criticism that Urobutcher thrusts upon the viewer without any hesitation of sense of fear. Oryou's death is brutal ... and the Shakespeare references only make it more bloody and more horrifying. My student was shaken even before the education on Titus Andronicus and after simply stunned into silence.
There is something powerful in the conceptualization of a woman's own recognition of her own valuelessness in society ... Oryou Rikako's artistry was her response to a quiet, yet brutal awakening and a response to the world that drove her father into "death by serenity" - the eustress deficiency that all those under Sybil suffer. It's a fascinating study of female psychosis. She strives to free others from the prison of the system that denies them value by giving them artistic merit in death.
Giving homework on this episode is going to be ... difficult but I'm looking forward to the answers. 😆