In the Netflix episode "White Bear", the storyline takes us through the torturing of Victoria. Victoria, the woman responsible for murdering a kidnapped child, wakes up with no idea of who or where she is. She eventually gets random flashes of her memory and who she is and what she did. She then goes outside dazed and confused asking for help only to find out everyone is filming her. Still clueless, a mysterious man gets out of a car and begins firing shots. In the frenzy of it all, she finds someone who isn't caught in a daze like everyone else. She is taken to what is known as "White Bear" to try to shut down one of the towers that is responsible for putting everyone in this daze. After being betrayed by the only person that helped her, she finds herself in front of an audience of people clapping and cheering. This is when she finally finds out what she did and why she's being tortured. At the end of the day, she is then taken back to where she started the day and her memory is erased.
I didn't like this episode because they used very unfair punishment. There were more just ways to make her feel remorse for what she did. I get the concept of her experiencing what the victim did, but she could not remember it so she felt guilt for a small amount of time before her memory was wiped again. The other reason I didn't like this film is because of the bystanders. Personally, I thought the bystanders were more disturbing than what they put her through. It's essentially hypocritical. People were mad that she watched and filmed what happened to their victim, but they're doing the same exact thing.
2 comments:
I would agree with what you say about the bystanders being hypocritical. They are doing the exact same act, by not helping out and filming the situation. I would also agree with that the bystanders are worse than the actual people causing the harm. The bystanders are so caught up in the entertainment, that they haven't even stopped to look at the cruel situation.
Although I wouldn't highly agree on the part where you said that the punishment was unfair (because in my honest opinion I do think that the punishment fitted her actions) I do, however, agree that the concept of her not remembering the punishment is just ridiculous. The logic of it goes to a waste and she truly does not gain any knowledge/understanding from it. She doesn't even remember what she did to the little girl. In addition, I also agree that the part where the bystanders simply watched was disturbing. It was very exaggerated.
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