And now, we have such a glut of shows about what a shitty, dystopian, fucked-up world we’re in – including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, which are reality shows about the shitty, dystopian, fucked-up world we’re in – that I think it’s actually now kind of subversive to say, ‘Maybe we’re all going to be okay.
I never watched The Walking Dead.
But ten years ago, the world was different, and that kind of exploration of depravity and desperation and fear was subversive, and it was interesting, and it was new.
Maybe we can get through this by reaching out to one another.’