Underground apocalypse.
The article focuses on how contemporary postapocalyptic television series use billionaire-built bunkers to explore questions of power, survival, and social control after societal collapse. Topics include the depiction of underground societies in the TV series "Silo," "Paradise," and "Fallout" the in...
| Published in: | Christian Century Vol. 143; no. 7; pp. 94 - 96 |
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Christian Century
Jul2026
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| Summary: | The article focuses on how contemporary postapocalyptic television series use billionaire-built bunkers to explore questions of power, survival, and social control after societal collapse. Topics include the depiction of underground societies in the TV series "Silo," "Paradise," and "Fallout" the influence of elite-controlled shelters on post-disaster life; and the tensions surrounding truth, inequality, and governance in imagined futures. |
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