This chapter delves into a dystopian-themed creative competition set against a backdrop of a comically portrayed president and the 1984 Olympics. Blending pop culture references with social commentary, it illustrates the chaotic and humorous atmosphere of the time while exploring themes of resistance and victory.
Forty years ago in 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary, for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips – all sound from 1984 (the year, not the book). Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like.
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