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Silo



This is a dark show that I'm reluctant to watch. Slow burn with reveals along the way. Lots of padding and important small details you have to pay attention to, which sometimes I don't because I'm looking at my phone. The TV competes with the phone. Either I'm playing chess, or another game, or surfing for news about my favorite soccer team NYCFC. They're supposed to sign some new players and can register them tomorrow, but the team usually doesn't do things in a timely way, they're messy. 

The first few episodes of the 10 episode first season are about the sherif and his wife, played by Rashid Jones

Then there's like a buffer action episode where the generator almost goes kaput. Then it becomes Longmire, a woman sheriff who doesn't know the protocols and rules, and doesn't care, she just wants truth and answers. 

Everyone lives in the Silo, it's huge and mysterious and you can't have relics, things from the past, that might clue you into why they're in the silo and how they got there, and why people die pretty quickly when they leave. There's one camera outside, and you can leave if you want, but people don't get over the hill before they drop. They don't know anything about stars or white water rafting and there's a kind of insidious "Judicial" that runs things. 

Rebecca Ferguson plays the sherif that nobody likes or supports. She's a kind of rebel who does things her way. She takes the power that falls into her lap and uses it for her own ends. 

The set is a star of the show, the dark atmosphere and look is quite unique. The story reveals the world. It's one of those shows you shouldn't spoil things for people the narrative depends on revealing to carry interest. 

One of the themes is listening. People don't listen or admit they're ready to listen or are forced into listening. 

The first step of fascism is to cut off information. Then there are other controlling measures. And then they justify it with talk of "safety" when it's about protecting their fascist power. That makes me look for lists of books about fascism. 

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