I just watched a trailer for In Time starring Justin Timberlake and it set into relief for an anxiety that seems to be coursing through texts these days: A fear of living forever. Torchwood: Miracle Day is exploring it at length by giving us a world where everyone has become immortal but the body hurts and ages nonetheless. That means if you get cancer you'll have to live with the pain for centuries. The theory explored by the Torchwood gang is that BigPharma is behind the miracle. They have somehow initiated the change so that there pain relievers will become a huge money maker.
So many relevant questions are raised by Torchwood's (and I'm guessing In Time's)premise. Simple but powerful questions: How do you become a caretaker? How do you manage pain? Do the rich deserve to live longer because they have been lucky enough to either inherit or make money? At what point is life not worth living?
If I were writing a paper,I'd probably bring in our fascination with vampires, but I'll save that for another time.
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