Ecco Park Episode 5

 

Ecco Park Podcast  Episode 5

6. Intermetamorphosis • Echo Park (spotify.com)

 

This is a great podcast and we are starting to see that the podcast is gaining massive traction and the plot is picking up traction. We are seeing that the Clones where researched and genes where manipulated towards explosive anger.  

We see that James Clone is able to get hold of the research and get his way into the labs that they had in working with Clones. His source is unable to wake up as he is a drug addict due to the pressure that his parent’s have put on him to achive he works for the LA PD as a consultant. Being a migrant James does experience is very similar to most people of Asian descent they pressured by their families to be high achievers this is a cultural phenomenon that we see play out in many in many tropes across the media, in having a look at Ecco Park, we say that it is produced by Harry Sean junior an actor of agent descent that has had this experience he is now able to advocate for other minorities in Hollywood where he is based due to his level of fame.

He is very down to earth from what I have read of the media about him he is pushing for these tropes to be re examined and rewritten in looking at other media that Harry has done we see that there are some unusual trope’s, that all refreshing to see being that he is is filming great anatomy and is part of a cohort that have actually failed they residency program.

Grey's Anatomy is a long running TV show I remember watching it when I was in my 20s  it is great to say that the trope  of high performing Asian is being re-examined.

However in going back to the podcast we see that they discussing through the podcast class divisions and other social issues that had become very apparent in a post covid world.

The clones so we discover have traits that make them more prone to to violence as we see there will be protests about the way the clones are treated by society. this protest gets violent and we see that James didn't know what he was getting into when he stayed in contact with his Ecco it was supplying him clean urine to be able to keep his job.

however, when his Clone, starts to live James's life. we see that there is a massive class divide between the echoes this is what they call owns like to be called and their source. The Ecco’s  have been around to that long that they have developed their own culture and have their own religion.

This however causes conflict, this is where this episode leaves off as we see the clones have to be extra careful when dealing with public services this is very similar of many people who are  classified as minority groups in their communities. these groups do include people with disabilities as many people with undiagnosed disabilities do wind up on the wrong side of the law.

Due to conditions like ADHD or other  conduct based disorders, I am not saying that all people with these types of disabilities are bound  wind up on the wrong side of the law. However, if they don't have the right support’s in place. this is where things can go wrong, due to the impulisivity that is associated with ADHD.

In the podcast we see that Terrence and James might have actually  been switched however we do not know. we see that Terrence is discovered by James's family’s housekeeper due to him being willing to help with housework.

However when he reveals himself the housekeeper revealed herself to be a clone as well this we see as them forming alliances. these alliances are tenuous at best due to conflict within  the  clone community.

there is no sense of social cohesion so this is quite interesting in looking through the lens of disability that people with disabilities are often,lumped into the same to the categories by people without disabilities. however disability is so unique that what people perceive as the disability community is a very media active activist. Community.

these activists are very needed in Australian society and in other societies to promote and push for hard won rights. that shouldn't be an afterthought, they should be at the forefront of peoples minds. so I see the clones as a metaphor for minority groups. in a way that they are treated by society.

dial given government housing that they have to push for repairs this area that is called ecco park. is where they released the clones to into the community.  they lived at a place called the retreat, and they where given there freedom but weren’t taught about basic life skills that they would need for integration. 

So this is where the community centre came in to being they filled in the gaps left by the retreat, and provide a place for people to go to be themselves and to have access to services that they needed.

However like a good community center they encouraged independence and they are able to understand what is happening in a way. They see that diversity of thought is a good  thing.

 

this is not something that James would normally do, however we see that James is OK but is still recovering from his last Bender with drugs. in previous episodes he discuss is how he can stop it anytime this is seen in many people with addictions. they believe but that they are in control, in control however they aren't.

I might come back to this episode  and update this post but for now I am enjoying this podcast and am enjoying seeking out the similarities in the clones lives as well as the lives of people with  a disability.