The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Babylon 5: The Geometry of Shadows


As a reference for Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy 4.20:

The whole bit about that Drazi cultural tradition, about their regularly scheduled conflict between the Green and Purple factions, is really only the B plot to this episode, but it remains a wonderful piece of satire about our own human failings, and treads that thin line between comedy and tragedy.

Here are three brief video snippets to help clarify the point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddxIfMRZemc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxds-Co7G1Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFkZgxtlcws


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