Russian Doll (Mini-Series S1; 2018)For life on Earth to continue, there needs to be a balance between the forces of Apollo and Dionysus. There needs to be an equilibrium between chaos and order.
In the format of 'Groundhog Day', the main character, Nadia, is caught in a loop where she dies and relives again and again on her 36th birthday. Nadia is a confused woman with no firm footing in life. She has a job, a software engineer, but she is also a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking, drug-sniffing lady who holds some unresolved issues from her childhood. It is always about childhood and traumatic upbringing. Caught in this quagmire of births and re-births, she tries to find the reasons for her trappings. During one of her deaths, she discovers another person, Alan, who is also ensnared in a similar loop. Alan, unlike Nadia, is a stickler for order. He is an insecure man who is trying to propose to his two-timing girlfriend.
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| Matryoshka Nesting Dolls set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another |
Together, they try to find an escape hatch from this cycle and correct their life for the better.
That must be the allegory of life, that is if you believe in rebirths and in the existence of souls. That Inner Self, the Consciousness, the extension of the Universe or Agent Intellect is seeking to improve itself through births. It is for the 'realised' Soul to correct shortcomings and to 'elevate' himself to a higher realm. Maybe, just maybe, life would then be a better place.
But then, we are simplifying things. We assume in the duality of things. Are good and bad are just one of the same spectrum? Sometimes it is kind to be unkind. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. No pain, no gain.
So we are back to the same question. Why are we here and what are we supposed to do?
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