Willian dug deep into the connection of Japan’s disaster movie craze with social problems and historical issues. I think the disaster movie craze plays the same role as the low desire society when considering their effects on society. Explicit social stratification makes the lower middle class under high pressure. The imagination of massive disasters breaks social rules. As Willian said in the article, people “put aside their difference.” The class difference would weaken after the apocalypse. All their worry is gone with the social rules. Thus, Movies give people a way to escape from dissatisfactory reality. From the historical perspective, the imagination of the apocalypse put the Japanese in the role of victim， which reduced the guilt of being a victimizer in World War Two. The most important thing that I learned is that recreational activities reflect society.
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Very interesting reflection on how disaster reshuffles society. While some argue that apocalyptic film instills optimism and hope of progress, it does not provoke class issues directly, how do you think the film is able to comment on it?