Welcome to Night Vale
163 - Bravo
Mar 1, 2020
A new play premieres at the Night Vale Asylum. Perpetuating harmful tropes about asylums in movies and TV shows. Escape plan from the asylum leads to chaos. Doug Beyondy's journal reveals narratives of people on a missing plane. Warning of potential danger in Night Vale and mental health sponsors.
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- The play at the Night Vale Asylum serves as a form of political theater, reflecting the inmates' desire for freedom and their struggle against the oppressive system.
- Doug Beyondy's connection to the missing Flight 18713 raises concerns about the safety of the town and hints at a potential danger posed by the passengers.
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The Play: 'The Disappearance and Cover-Up of Flight 18713'
Carlos and the narrator attend a play at the Nightvale Asylum called 'The Disappearance and Cover-Up of Flight 18713' performed by the inmates. The play portrays the strange disappearance of a flight and its occupants ending up in an elementary school gymnasium in Nightvale. The inmates use the performance to express their trapped existence and the truths they know. As the play progresses, the inmates rebel and escape, causing chaos in the asylum.
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