We all know that dhmis is just a show and a stage on which puppets play. We know this, they know this. However it's disturbing bc the puppets have expectations of being someone else, want something other than the role they've been given. And they believe they have free will. In literature, this is called as Theatrum mundi which literally means the worlds theater. The characters have no control in who they are supposed to be or what role they play. Becky and Joe have mentioned in interview that each has a role in the world: Yellow is stupid, Duck is arrogant, and Red is calm. And that's true. However, their behavior isn't driven by who they're supposed to be, it's also connected to who they are from the inside. If they play an imposed role for too long they will fall apart. The Big Boys are a good example of this. They are so focused on absorbing and learning, playing a role that they have become completely alienated from themselves, overexposed to their own greatness, but they are truly lost. That's what the creator wants. But is that what the actors themselves want? A smart Yellow is a cracking of the world a nice Duck saying he likes looking at Red is inappropriate, a happy Red driving a car is a mistake of the world. Dhmis is just an illusion always reminding us how fleeting and fake the character's existence is. As soon as there's a deviation from the normality of the world everything is neatly rearranged. Each episode goes in the same way and at the end we return home sitting around. The characters actions are usless. Whatever they do, it quickly disappears. We know they have depth they have their emotions and traumas, but it doesn't matter. This is not what viewers expect. We see the characters only through the prism of their roles. Symbolic is a Lesley's playing with a dollhouse. There's a mess in kitchen with Duck and Red and Lesley asks Yellow to help clean it up so everything can be in a proper place. Lesley's playing car and return home are a back to normal. Lesley is supposed to be playing God, but she's not real. When Lesley literally hands over the book to Yellow, Lesley mentions that he need to go back downstairs and show it to his friends. Yellow doesn't have complete freedom, even if he change his batteries. He'll never have enough influence over his own life. Lesley giving Yellow the book never mattered and never will. What is more Lesley has no idea what this world is, what home is. But as a god she supposed to have all-powerful knowledge and power. She is supposed to answer questions posed by such a lost creature as Yellow, bc she supposed know more. This is an issue that haunts people during their all lives. The existence of a god who is all-powerful but unable to answer our questions directly or who allows evil to exist. The characters may constantly question the world around them but everything will back to proper place. The show must continue, as it was created and presented to viewers from the beginning. There's no place for another Duck, a Red or a Yellow. Changing the colors in their appearance will never change what they were created for. The real Duck being killed by his own copy doesn't matter, as each one will play the same role over and over again. There's no place for pleasure, for saying "I like looking at you." And batteries can be replaced but something stay the same. No matter how much they twisted turn, they still dancing in chains. Because that's what they where created for. So let them play and dance for us on stage, never stop them, so we can have fun and laugh at their difficult little lives. Thanks of that we can always see only the funny side.
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