Did 'Soylent Green' get 2022 right?
Soylent Green is a dystopian movie from 1973. Some of you may have watched it in the theater, or subsequently on TV. It takes place in a fictional New York city of 2022. Below is a curious, academic assessment.
...while "Soylent Green" is clearly an exaggeration, it's what it represents that makes it relevant today.
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Soylent Green is a dystopian movie from 1973. Some of you may have watched it in the theater, or subsequently on TV. It takes place in a fictional New York city of 2022. Below is a curious, academic assessment.
The discussion contains spoilers, so watch the film prior to reading this.
...while "Soylent Green" is clearly an exaggeration, it's what it represents that makes it relevant today.
Did 'Soylent Green' get 2022 right?
Spoiler alert: In the final scene of the 1973 movie "Soylent Green" actor Charlton Heston, who plays detective Frank Thorn, is being led off on a stretcher following a gun battle when he desperately reveals the secret he wants the world to know: The nutritious wafer Soylent Green is composed of...
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