to answer my question of "is parkour civilization cinema", i don't think it's trying to be. it becomes clear rly quickly that the "movie" is just a series packaged into a 2 hour video, and there's no real attempt at mimicking the visual language of cinema. what parkour civilization is really imitating is the serialized shonen manga, where the story is an engine that always has to keep running, and the protagonist's increasing power/status is an easy way to do so. parkour civilization is also imitating the worlds of dystopian fiction. for all i know Evbo may have a strong knowledge of foucault's concept of biopolitics, but i'm 99% sure the social commentary here comes from imitation of other dystopian fiction over intentionally thought out commentary. that being said parkour civilization has some merit as dystopian fiction in that it utilises something that has been lost in mainstream dystopian fiction and its quest for legitimacy/plausibility: that our dystopian reality is as deeply idiotic and arbitrary as it is horrific. the ridiculousness of the premise and the level to which it's taken for granted in universe does something to reveal the absurdity of our capitalist social constructs. unfortunately the dystopian social commentary and shonen elements end up in contradiction. the excitement of the protagonist's evolution requires for Evbo to glorify the social climb and the parkour dream. while the story challenges the determinism of class structures, it ultimately upholds the idea that one can transcend the boundaries of class through working harder than everyone else. In the end Evbo's solution appears to be a world where everyone competes to climb to the top, validating neoliberal values above all else. while parkour civilization succeeds on a level of pure entertainment value, its value as a piece of social commentary is ultimately short lived. 6/10
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