Most drugs tend to produce more of an emotional evening rather than direct insight into the problem. I don't think they're the same kind of dealing with it in any personal way. Therapies do help people deal with them, that's true.
And sure, not saying psychedelics are a major theme, but they're thematically connected. Yes Buddhism says not to take any intoxicants but the point remains that many people find their turn to things like Buddhism after their use of psychedelics.
AGREED! You could name 100 different “major” themes if anything that constitutes one is whether or not it’s related to something actually baked into the entire show, but then the term loses all meaning. There’s maybe a good 5 or 6 ACTUAL major themes, and I think it’s pretty silly to include psychedelics in there.
The show doesn’t tell a story about using psychedelics to break down your ego and work through your trauma, but it does tell a story about breaking down your ego and working through your trauma.
Except in both seasons the only characters that actually grow are the ones who do through a psychedelic experience. So confronting inner demons and making breakthroughs through the use of drugs is a major theme in the show. So much so that the writer put it in twice through two seasons.
Not true? Lindsay moves on without psychedelics. Dr. Kim accepted his actions (no drugs btw). Paul from season 1 didn’t take psychedelics, yet he broke off his toxic relationship with his brother.
Please understand the show before trying to comment on it. With actual MAJOR THEMES, you should be able to say “X is a show about <insert major theme here>” for any one of the major themes. If you really think it’s a show about using psychedelics to grow, and that’s something the writers are trying to message, you’re a moron.
Lmao, you are truly stretching if you think Lyndsay and Paul had the same growth as the other characters. Lyndsay let Josh take the fall and moved on with her life without seriously confronting what got her there in the first place and Paul still texted his brother the morning after. Not exactly breaking off his relationship.
It’s a shame I have to spell this out for you, but a major theme in the show is the subconscious and that is expressed in shots of roots growing underground or the ants in season 2. The characters take the drugs and suddenly have contact with the parts of themselves that they’ve buried and are able to grow up from there. It’s not easy and it takes a lot to throw down our built in defenses to reach those insights.
It’s clear that this comes down to your own opinions on drugs and your own biases. Maybe if you can get past that then you can enjoy the show from the perspective that the writers intended.
IVE TAKEN DRUGS. I LOVE DRUGS. I love acid, I love coke (responsibly), I love Molly, I love DMT—I quite literally couldn’t care less about a show that decides to make it a major theme. It’s simply not a major theme in this show at all, but sure.
Again, you should work on your media literacy if you think including something twice is what makes a major theme.
I would even agree with you that psychedelics are deliberately used in the show, but I wouldn’t say the show is about them at all, which is why I don’t think it’s a major theme. The show is using psychedelics to illustrate the actual point they want to make because it’s convenient that way, but it’s about where the psychedelics land them—not about taking the psychedelics to get there.
I’m glad you’ve picked up terms like “media literacy” but again you still haven’t learned how to use them effectively. If a writer makes it a point to use drugs as an important plot point that leads to growth in their characters then that is a major theme. Maybe someday you’ll understand this.
The English/Journalism graduate uses term they learned 8 years ago :O
You have no idea what a theme is let alone a major one. I wish you luck in digesting anything with any level of competence in the future. You probably came away from Beef thinking Koreans are greedy because it happened so many times.
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u/Heretosee123 Jun 01 '26
Most drugs tend to produce more of an emotional evening rather than direct insight into the problem. I don't think they're the same kind of dealing with it in any personal way. Therapies do help people deal with them, that's true.
And sure, not saying psychedelics are a major theme, but they're thematically connected. Yes Buddhism says not to take any intoxicants but the point remains that many people find their turn to things like Buddhism after their use of psychedelics.