The Wave of the Future

The British and French elections, young fascists, and allegory in Fantastic Planet

“Piou-Piou” by Roland Topor. / Will

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Episode 4: The Wave of the Future

Amber A’Lee Frost and Sam Kriss set the world to rights, covering the British election that is suddenly happening, the French election that just half-happened, the strange rise of fascism among under-twenty-five-year-olds, and the use of allegory in Roland Topor’s Fantastic Planet and Disney’s Zootopia.

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