I binged all of Dark Tourist on Netflix yesterday, and loved it btw. I was so hyped when I saw there was an episode in South Africa, but I cringed so hard when I watched it. Not the first part, Iâve been to Alexandra, the portrayal was insightful, bright and well done. And the segment with Stacy-Lee, loved it.
The segment after Alexandra, that hurt my soul. As soon as I heard Orania I cringed so hard. I will say that I donât think itâs a dark tourist destination, NO ONE ever goes there, especially on holiday, and Iâd really hate if it became a destination for foreigners. When they sang Die Stem, the song at the very end of the episode, I wanted to shrivel up and die. There was so much he could have done, but instead they indulged the crazy racists we donât want here. Even there he didnât push them, they know exactly what theyâre doing, they just didnât want to say it on foreign tv.Theyâre not edgy, or dark or cool. Thereâs nothing stopping (most) of us from visiting Orania, we just donât want to. All these people are just racists pining after the âgood old daysâ of Apartheid. At least the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging would have been straight up for the camera if he found them.
Yass I hated that segment. I was ashamed of the entire thing, just thinking about it makes me cringe. He really did bring some of the nastiest, shunned stuff from here to the light. Still looking forward to season 2 though, and loved every other episode and segment
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