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Topic subjectI feel like the show emphasizes Thackery being ... a modernist?
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685230, I feel like the show emphasizes Thackery being ... a modernist?
Posted by celery77, Fri Sep-12-14 06:18 PM
>Is the use of contemporary synth-based music as the score for
>a show set 114 years ago a conscious attempt to frame the show
>in a modern context? In other words, to draw parallels between
>that era and our own? Or is it just an attempt to seem more
>appealing to the average viewer? A little of both? I found the
>score well-employed, but a little jarring. Maybe that was the
>goal, though...

like one of the central components of Thackery's character is that he's separate from his time -- aloof, above it. I felt like the music helped underscore that. It was jarring, out of place, didn't really care that everyone could tell it doesn't belong. Thackery seems like he's dissatisfied with the world around him, sees it as poor and imperfect and behind the times, and Thackery has decided that he will just unapologetically push forward regardless, drag it forward with him. I definitely feel like "futurism" and "modernism" is a key theme, especially with Thackery, and the music underscores that. Even if it feels out of place in the 1900s that's what the story is about.