A couple of weeks ago, spurred by my attempts to keep up with Random Number Generator Horror Podcast Number Nine's weekly schedule, I carved out some time to watch "The Platform". I loved it. It's in no way scary - save in the ways it reminds us of our current political moment, for which the word "scary" is far too mild a descriptor - but it's certainly unsettling. That alone wouldn't earn it an essay, though. What really stuck with me here, and this will surprise you not one quantum, was the films subtly socialist message.
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