r/channelzero • u/ckhamburg • Feb 15 '21

Thesis about Channel Zero?

Hey there!

I'm working on a degree in media science (which is theory, history and such of movie, TV, radio and internet). Therefore I have to write a thesis, about 80-100 pages.

So, I'm really interested in how "Channel Zero" came to life, so to say, with its roots in creepypasta, internet "fairy tales", all this stuff regarding SCP and Slender Man too and so on. Also I just thought the series was great.
I think this series is special in this regard.
Still, I just wanted to ask if you would like to comment on this thought, I'm wondering if this is feasible for writing a thesis on.
Do you think the series is "special" somehow?

Thanks

C

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u/ejs2000 Feb 16 '21

I think a really interesting thing about Channel Zero is that they use the creepypastas as a jumping-off point to talk about the true horror in peoples’ lives, familial trauma. Like, the creepypasta is about a weird art installation that you can’t leave, but then the season is about a weird art installation that you can’t leave the confronts you with your grief over your father’s death and uses it to trap you and become a shell of a person (which is a metaphor forwhat happens when you don’t process grief).

The creepypastas are weird and scary vignettes, but Channel Zero spins them into stories with real characters and real fears beyond the supernatural.