{"id":54292,"date":"2019-08-15T11:40:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T10:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=54292"},"modified":"2019-08-15T11:40:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T10:40:30","slug":"how-netflixs-designated-survivor-tried-to-make-us-more-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=54292","title":{"rendered":"How Netflix&#039;s Designated Survivor tried to make us more human"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h4>human \/\u02c8hju\u02d0m\u0259n\/<\/h4>\n<h4>adjective<\/h4>\n<h4><i>1. of or characteristic of people as opposed to God or animals or machines, especially in being susceptible to weaknesses.<\/i><\/h4>\n<h4><i>2. showing the better qualities of humankind, such as kindness.<\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest\u2014humanity is currently swirling around in a toilet bowl of metaphorical fecal matter. Almost every day we\u2019re bombarded with stories of Muslims being targeted at airports, entire countries at war because the men in power had their egos knocked over breakfast and parents striving for a better future for their children by undertaking dangerous sea journeys to escape tumultuous countries.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s just videos on Facebook\u2014the earth-shattering power of which usually prompts us to over-exert ourselves into hitting \u201cdislike\u201d and then continuing with our daily woes of finding someone to clean our private pools.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>But, how do we feel for people we don&#8217;t know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This is where shows like <i>Designated Survivor<\/i> come in.<\/p>\n<p>An element of almost every TV show in existence is relatability, we have to feel connected to the characters. <u>This is cleverly snuck upon us by writers who create multi-dimensional characters, one of the most identifiable to ever grace the screen\u2014Tom Kirkman.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>A simple, humble man whose main goal is to provide for his family and be a \u201cgood\u201d person is given a mammoth task which he, spoiler alert, rises to perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/xT9Igu4TVQ2r1TzAis\" style=\"width: 480; height: 270px\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Along the way, Kirkman toys with his conscience but ultimately always tries to do the right thing and, better still, the human thing. Which, is a pretty stark contrast to the AI-infused, empathy-impaired politicians we see today.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Once we relate to the characters, we empathize with them and begin to see things through their eyes, something that we wouldn\u2019t normally do with a stranger. It\u2019s vital that we see ourselves in the people on screen or we\u2019re not likely to \u201cget\u201d the situations they are in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3uvrbUBi8k\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s when political statements truly work.<\/p>\n<p>Over the latest season of <i>Designated Survivor<\/i>, the characters find themselves in the centre of some pretty hard-hitting topics such as assisted suicide, immigration, illness, racism &#8211; things that real people face, but not things that we all necessarily do. How do we know that these issues are real? Well, the show literally includes clips from real people talking about those real things.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/figure>\n<p>When we see people we \u201cknow\u201d going through it, we see what it\u2019s truly like and we empathize. It\u2019s only when we empathize that we\u2019re able to truly acknowledge a crisis or see it from a position outside of ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode\u2019s title is aptly structured as a hashtag: \u201c#whocares, #makehistory #nothingpersonal, which (i think) allude to the society we live in.<\/p>\n<p>In that social media is a great way to talk about the sensitive topics but it\u2019s also a pretty harrowing reminder that that\u2019s all a lot of us do\u2014talk.<\/p>\n<p>The only way we will ever truly change the world and bring ourselves closer to the people around us is by understanding them.<\/p>\n<p>Our faceless society of social media comments and likes might keep us connected, but it prevents us from connecting. That is why we need to be put in the shoes of others, and <i>Designated Survivor<\/i> was an able partner in helping us get there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/entertainment\/6619\/how-netflixs-designated-survivor-tried-to-make-us-more-human\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] human \/\u02c8hju\u02d0m\u0259n\/ adjective 1. of or characteristic of people as opposed to God or animals or machines, especially in being susceptible to weaknesses. 2. showing the better qualities of humankind, such as kindness. 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