I have been thinking about some of the films and television programs that have played on technology/media, etc. and began to wonder where they fall within the concepts of premediation and remediation (if they even relate).
One of the newer, albeit now cancelled, shows in question is My Worst Enemy. Thankfully, it has been cancelled, but it had the potential to give someone mental whiplash. I believe episodes are available on the network website http://www.nbc.com/. Briefly, there is a man who is living two separate and distinct lives--one as an executive in a tech firm and the other as a deadly secret agent. His life and his best friend's life are separated from their alter egos by an elevator where one personality is activated and the other deactivated. In a room hidden behind the scenes somewhere, his life is being manipulated by higher agents who are flipping switches and changing destinies.
His life is exhibited on screens in this backoffice: bio profiles, video feeds, etc. The agents working on his life know exactly where he is supposed to be and what he is supposed to be doing at all times and this creates havoc when his personalities get crossed. The hook in this show is that the agent himself is unaware of his dual life until he starts to have 'technical issues'.
I am wondering if this show plays subtly on the concepts we have been discussing....
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Thanks for the post, Sibyl. Indeed this sounds like an example of the working of premediation and remediation in TV. I don't know the show, but I will check it out.
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