Comments on: ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 3: “The Law of Non-Contradiction” https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/fargo-season-3-episode-3-the-law-of-non-contradiction/ Comic Book Review And Commentary Fri, 05 May 2017 00:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Joseph Rejent https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/fargo-season-3-episode-3-the-law-of-non-contradiction/#comment-20647 Fri, 05 May 2017 00:04:47 +0000 https://temp-monkeysfightingrobots-url.wpmudev.hostm/?p=76800#comment-20647 In reply to Matt Bjorklund.

Matt, I think that is absolutely brilliant analysis and I wish I thought of it myself! I don’t know that it allays my concerns, entirely, but you’re right. Considered in that context, there is a good deal more nuance there than I initially gave it credit for.

]]> By: Matt Bjorklund https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/fargo-season-3-episode-3-the-law-of-non-contradiction/#comment-20645 Thu, 04 May 2017 22:04:30 +0000 https://temp-monkeysfightingrobots-url.wpmudev.hostm/?p=76800#comment-20645 I agree with your take on this episode, Joe. The connection you made between it and that short scene in the film between Marge and Mike is an astute observation. I never would have put that together, but it’s spot-on. The one thing I’d add to your analysis is in regard to how technology is portrayed. It seemed to me, and I could be misinterpreting this, that the animated sequences throughout the episode, which you touched on briefly regarding their connection to the Minsky device, delivered a very subtle and poignant metaphor. If you recall, the robot (Minsky) never really interacts with his surroundings other than as a passive observer, despite constantly expressing his will to “help”. If you interpret the robot as a metaphor for both modern technology and its effect on mankind, I believe those sequences amount to a more nuanced take on the subject than the less subtle examples you listed above. That’s my two cents. Like I said, I could be wrong.

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