The Plastic Ones

Plastic In Charge

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  • Establishes Mayor Gleam as a powerful, manipulative leader obsessed with uniformity and stability in Plasticville
  • He addresses the town council, laying out his authoritarian approach
  • Gleam spreads paranoia about potential dissenters/rule-breakers ("glitches") that could disrupt town's carefully crafted image
  • Implies there are ugly historical truths that have been covered up to preserve status quo
  • Gleam is getting council ready to reinforced outdated traditions and control over residents to prevent descent
  • Council shown as easily influenced to follow Gleam's vision instead of questioning authority
  • Sets up central conflict around enforcing conformity versus individual expression
  • Gleam's dictatorship aims to quash the humanity/creativity of townspeople
  • Suspense builds around how the mayor will handle growing cracks in utopian facade
  • Leaves uncertainty if dissent will be punished/characters "excommunicated" from Plasticville
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The Plastic OnesBy Josh Taylor, Ones Media