#and i can def kind of see ben pulling nueng into the studio for just the purposes of showing him how his parents are fucking things up

[movementsofmylife]

there's this level of desperation and tragedy woven into this show. all the teens are stuck in little boxes made by their parents and the other adults around them. phum says, "It's business between adults. I'll let them handle it." and it's fucking tragic because, if only.

nlmg shows the extremely compromised position of children and teens in society. the lack of agency and pressure and expectation and strictures; a 'protected' class which is very often an oppressed class. the classification of a child as not a person, as simply an extension of their parent or guardian. and the different ways this plays out due to wealth and class status.

all these teens are being moulded and put under pressure to become an object of their parents' desires and crises, both purposefully and through the vagaries of their circumstances. the adults with power and money get to choose and direct their children's paths. the ones without get fucked and changed by those that do, and this falls onto their kids and influences them regardless of their parents' true desires. capitalism makes the position of child an even more precarious one for those not in power.

and it's clear that the teens are all aware of the situation. palm goes around his dad by hiding and lying. nueng by manipulating his mom. only chopper seems to be pushing back in a straightforward way: by becoming financially independent with his crypto (sigh) stuff and telling his father where he stands. (i want to say that whatever chopper implied happened between him and ben was part of the reason he started to push back against his dad's expectations? maybe?)

i hope they all get a chance to push back and remake the world and themselves in their own image. and don't let the pressure and circumstances lead them to destroying each other instead. (although that's clearly already begun. thus, the air of tragedy.)

#i'm so curious about ben's backstory #also literally even maggie is following the path set out by her parent's #does she want that? #i hope so #i feel like their dance studio is going to get pulled into the whole renoviction shit #and that's going to be bad times for everyone #and i can def kind of see ben pulling nueng into the studio for just the purposes of showing him how his parents are fucking things up #for everyday people #but i could also be entirely wrong and ben is just a wholesome boy #chimon is playing him as shroedinger's betrayal right now #and i am stressed #never let me go #nlmg ep 3