merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?message-squaremessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square208fedilinkfile-text
Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.
minus-squarethe_crotchlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s definitely not Winston, he died in the main story. I interpreted it as an unnamed historian writing about this years later. I don’t think Orwell would self-insert and write from an in universe perspective.
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIn the second hypothesis it wouldn’t be self-inserting; it’s more like the author explaining something to the readers, outside the story.
It’s definitely not Winston, he died in the main story. I interpreted it as an unnamed historian writing about this years later. I don’t think Orwell would self-insert and write from an in universe perspective.
In the second hypothesis it wouldn’t be self-inserting; it’s more like the author explaining something to the readers, outside the story.