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Recent Examples of dystopian
The irony of allowing men who assault and rape women to determine that women also must carry pregnancies to term is a dystopian hellscape that is happening right now in the United States.
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Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
The new installment of the dystopian Korean drama – once again directed, written and produced by Hwang Dong-hyuk – will begin three years after the end of the previous game.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
These days, swaths of the city of 450,000 feel like ground zero for a dystopian version of California.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Mel Gibson stars as Max Rockatansky, a kind of police officer (in dystopian dramas, authorities aren’t so clearly defined) who is seeking revenge from a biker gang after the brutal murder of his wife and child.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
The new installment of the dystopian Korean drama – once again directed, written and produced by Hwang Dong-hyuk – will begin three years after the end of the previous game.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
These days, swaths of the city of 450,000 feel like ground zero for a dystopian version of California.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Mel Gibson stars as Max Rockatansky, a kind of police officer (in dystopian dramas, authorities aren’t so clearly defined) who is seeking revenge from a biker gang after the brutal murder of his wife and child.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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