TEANECK, N.J. — Local man Derek Logan watched the 2005 film “V for Vendetta” to experience the completely fictional story of what it would be like for one person to actually do something against a fascist government, local sources who do not remember the fifth of November confirmed.
“There’s so much going on in the world that I just want to sit back and immerse myself in a fantasy setting where someone takes actual action to fight back against an authoritarian state. What a nice escape from reality it is,” said Logan. “I mean, yes, I like the part where we find out the main character is basically a super soldier because of some experiment gone wrong, blah, blah, blah. But to me the real fiction is that he uses his powers and resources to stop a system run by tyrants. Must be nice.”
Logan’s girlfriend says that although he has mostly been into sci-fi and fantasy genres, he is looking for a new escape in the media he consumes.
“He’s always been into all those sci-fi space movies and also anything with wizards or dragons. But now he says all those types of movies seem to be believable now and that he wants to watch something that is completely unrealistic, like someone resisting authoritarianism,” said Dara Williams. “He recently watched a documentary on the French Resistance during WWII, and he kept saying how it should’ve won for best fictional screenplay. I kept explaining how it was all actually true, but he just wouldn’t believe me and just said, ‘There’s no way anyone would ever do something like this in real life.’”
Movie critic Harold Brentwood says that some motion pictures like “V for Vendetta” can be a source of catharsis.
“Some people find films that have a protagonist who does literally anything to battle against overwhelming forces of dictatorship to be a cathartic release from the realities of modern life,” said Brentwood. “I think it’s important for the entertainment industry to continue producing new stories of brave people who make even the smallest effort to combat global fascism. The challenge will be for these stories to have some grounding in reality, though, despite how momentously far they are from actual life.”
At press time, Logan was seen watching international news, thinking it was a new fictional series where world leaders from other countries can actually be women.
