TV Show Concept: Philosophical Current Events Commentary

Graphical Representation of Plato's Allegory of the Cave in "The Republic"

Firstly, I honestly wish to keep this concept, and show to be very small. The topics can be SO LARGE & SO VAST that it can be rather overwhelming.

Plato's Allegory of The Cave in "The Republic"

I have been working on my research, and my basic outline for it, and I originally wanted about 3 episodes, but at this point, I have no real intention to shoot MORE than 5. However, due to the nature of it, the content I/we shoot might actually end up become more than that just based on those 5 parts.

Altho' I will be drawing heavily on Ancient Greek Philosophy, especially Socrates & Plato's books "The Republic" and "The Apologia of Socrates" (The Defense of Socrates), I will also draw from Laozi (Lao Tsu) material/book from "Dao De Jing" (Tao Te Ching) and just a few philosophical concepts by Alan Wattsand his take on Zen, as well as Bruce Lee.

Plato's Allegory of The Cave in "The Republic"

I want each aspect to be broken down into easy digestible parts, and show how it relates to everything, and how to use it to understand why things go wrong, how to question things, or possibly how to fix it.

I also do not wish it to be boring, dry, or TOO CEREBRAL.

PLUS, I do NOT wish it to be partisan at all, because I've found these topics resonate with all people including Right Wing, Left Wing, Centrist, Moderate, and Progressive. In fact, when I have these conversations in public, I have often noticed that people around me get very quiet and eavesdrop on my conversations, and this is regardless of whether I'm speaking to a radical, a moderate, a Right Winger, or Left Winger, an anarchist, or anything else.

This is because I use The Feynman Technique which breaks down complex ideas into basic simple ones.

Topics I wish to address are:

Epistemology, Ethics, Morality, The Socratic Method, A Priori Ideas .

Current Events Issues:



* Democracy, 3rd parties, the origins of the US Government, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. What ACTUALLY is: Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Democracy, Feudalism, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, Republicanism, Conservatism, Liberalism, Constitutions, Federalism.
And what do those things mean to your life?

* The 2016 Election: why it went wrong (possibly Brexit as well) equating it to simple principles in the Dao De Jing.

* The Great Depression comparative commentary on the so called "Great recession" Economic Melt down of the Bail Outs, and the Economy relating to the neo "Tea Party" and how it got taken over by the corporate organizations it was protesting, "Occupy Wall Street", "Anonymous", and the media manipulation of news and events to turn politics into tabloids, ratings, and social media take over, including The Arab Spring. 

* Rhetorical framing in politics, media, and manipulation of narratives, empty platitudes.

* How to spot if your own relatives, coworkers, bosses, and friends are actually manipulating you using "leveraging" or "gas lighting" and equating it to Socrates VS. The Sophists in Plato's book.


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I also feel like I want to break up the dryness of the seriousness of it, and may wish to include some comedic elements... persons like Jon Stewart & Lee Camp come to mind, among others. But, not a copy-cat of those.


Some Older References (somewhat outdated) :

Humor Commentary:

One of my previous films at UMASS Boston circa. 2016:

There are just a few elements I might take from this, but not so experimental & subjective or artsy...

Example of Unfiltered/Uncut ON-The-Fly Rhetorical Framing (2015):

Uncut/Unfiltered; Dismantling Preconceived Ideas (Sophistry/Rhetoric) Philosophically using commentary on Current Events [2015]:

Stupid Things People on FaceBook Say about the Florida Massacre

Oh... The outpouring of human empathy was too much for you? But, don't call you out for not saying it's murder?
Um.... yeah, we DO think stricter gun regulations make sence, because our brains still work. It's called the AWB "Assault Weapons Ban"  by Bill Clinton in 1994, which actually came about as a measure to address massacres like this, also worked, and was repealed causing this rampant problem to make more money for the For Profit Arms Dealers with their p[aid Lobbyists, and blood thirsty politicians that take bribes to perpetuate it. (CONTEXT: and YES these are WHITE PEOPLE typing this stuff, and oddly the post was by a bleach blond white woman.)

That law about stopping mentally ill individuals from owning certain kinds of weapons, was actually JUST repealed by President Trump...

And, somehow she managed to spin this about abortion, which is a medical issue, and also legal.

Did you know that the original Pro-Life movement started against the Death Penalty? You're SO SICK of hearing about the school shootings??? Really? you're NOT Pro-Life. You're brainwashed & ignorant.

Erm..... yeah, we have a guns problem, because tide pods & their users aren't massacring schools. Tide Pods are intended to CLEAN CLOTHING, not to be used in war, assassinations, or terrorism. What is the purpose of an AR-15 again? Oh, right. WAR.

Weird that you actually believed an entire generation of people were actually eating Tide Pods tho'. It was a meme.... no one actually ate them, unless they were gullible, and the joke was over their heads...

So, this one was some dude that didn't even bother to read the entire "debate" thingy I had with this other dude, but wanted to chime in with THIS ignorant remark. Somehow, in his arrogant, deluded, ignorant mind, he somehow thought this was some kind of GREAT COMEBACK LINE.

Except there's the fact that assault weapons of war were made illegal, we didn't have massive rampant school shootings, and paranoid gun-freaks still got to own, buy, and use guns.

Sometimes, I wonder if dudes like this cry if they have to get a needle at the doctor's office, or faint at the first site of blood. That's just wild speculation on my part.... but I wonder....  the bratty reactionary things they blurt out, and their utter disconnect with priorities, is astounding.

Sounds like a personal problem.... for Troy Allen Bridges in Cabarrus, NC.
So, just HOW OFTEN does that happen in your life?
Can you take a video of that the next time a soapy mouthed person is dazed & confused in your restroom?

Karren Lewis publicly started scraping the bottom of the barrel because they're getting desperate.
More victim blaming...
No, Karren, maybe when you were in high school YOU could actually afford to get a car, mit's a bit of a luxury these days, because those days are gone.... and texting while driving is NOT actually the same as a school being gunned down in cold blood. I've never heard of a body count higher than Columbine, like this one which was 17 deaths, by a texting while driving accident.

If the shooter had mowed down the students in the school with his car, THEY WOULD ALL GET INSURANCE. That's a LEGAL REGULATION. But, he used an ASSAULT RIFLE known as an AR-15 which is a weapon of war, and a machine gun. An automobile don;t combust your body apart, it's a blunt impact, and is NOT THE SAME.

ALL of my male relatives were in drunk driving accidents, (or even chemical spill accidents) often more than one, and they didn't get their legs or body parts burst off into minced meat, and the body parts that were broken could be salvaged with metal robs, or casts, and braces. That's also due to safety laws and regulations that they are still alive in AN ACCIDENT, which is also NOT THE SAME as a PREMEDITATED MASS MURDER.