This one is a confusing mess. It starts off being an interview about television on a talk show, but then it changes into a myriad of other scenes. Some of them make it seem like it takes place in an apocalyptic future, but in the same studio. It, however, never seems to remain consistent.
The story actually feels like someone constantly changing the channels on a television set. There is even one sequence that describes a cartoon. In this specific example, it is a walrus trying to steal honey from a beehive. Why not a bear? Actually it does not matter. Really, I don't care.
Commercials are also included in this mishmash. Every now and then, we seem to visit the scene happening in the apocalyptic future, but I can never be sure if it's real or if it's just another show. In the end, the story may have explained itself... but I just couldn't figure it out. It left me scratching my head.
I don't think I can recommend this one. Some things are just a bit too subtle to be considered accessible by most people. Someone flipping through TV channel, whether there is a point to it or not, is not my idea of a good story.
This blog was written on April 13, 2026.
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I had the impression the reader is "changing channels" or more accurately "in the room" with the writer. He has the remote control and we read what he shows us. The idea is clever as a premise. The world is ending and we are losing ourselves in the make-believe reality we usually live in.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that may be what it was. Really confusing though.
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