Point of Origin story
A wealthy socialite is hauled away to a detention center for illegal immigrants. Directed by: Mathias Herndl. Story by: John Griffin.
19 total · 2 choice · 10 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| putting yourself in someone else's shoes | choice | The privileged socialite Eve got a taste of what it was like to be treated as an undocumented person in the United States, and a very bad taste it was. |
| treatment of migrants | choice | The government was rounding up illegal space aliens and treating them in a most brutal manner. |
| creeping authoritarianism | major | The world was clearly an exaggerated extrapolation of Trumpian America. |
| extra-dimensional being | major | Eve was shocked to discover that she was actually a space alien "pilgrim" from another dimension. |
| fear of strangers | major | People were paranoid about immigrants. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Eve was apprehended by the authorities and kept in a dark and dank detention facility. |
| husband and wife | major | William and Eve. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Eve was a privileged rich woman who treated immigrants with condescending benevolence but lo, she was in fact herself an illegal immigrant. |
| master and servant | major | Eve showed a genuine interest in the welfare of her housekeeper and nanny Anna. For example, Eve took a risk to help Anna's grandson get into a good school. |
| social inequality | major | The lives of super wealthy socialites were contrasted with those of their domestic servants. |