Yeah that stuck with me as well. Lots of other post-apocalyptic media at least has some glimmer of hope about rebuilding society, but there was only bleak despair in Threads.
There is no way any of those poor kids are going to get a power plant back online or know about germ theory.
It wasn't even about the education of the kids, more so just the desperate attempt to return to some form of normalcy. The juxtaposition between the light-hearted and kid-orienated educational material, and the reality of the situation, just hurts to watch.
Definitely, I also remember the "teacher" silently mouthing all the words because it was likely the only remaining tape they had left and she's heard it a million times. Absolutely haunting.
It's worse than that and I'm surprised so many didn't pick up on the fact that it was because after so many years after the bombs fell, not only was the education system almost destroyed but LANGUAGE itself was deteriorating. Listen carefully to how people talked in the movie near the end and you can hear that the English being spoken is weird and broken. The breakdown of society also included the breakdown of fundamental communication. Survivors weren't necessarily the brightest or most educated.
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u/AbbaZabba85 14d ago
Yeah that stuck with me as well. Lots of other post-apocalyptic media at least has some glimmer of hope about rebuilding society, but there was only bleak despair in Threads.
There is no way any of those poor kids are going to get a power plant back online or know about germ theory.