Life In 19x19

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:05 am**

We can quibble about exact shades, but it gets us nowhere. I think we can all agree that there is a shorter wavelength ( blue green ) cast to the son-world, and a longer wavelength ( red yellow ) cast to wife-world.
The more important question is what does it mean. It is just a cue to us viewers, or is Britten's view of the world(s) actually changing? I think that it may be the latter. When Bird - the black partner in son-world - hands Britten a taco, he stares at the bag for a few seconds, presumably noting that the writing on the bag is a different color.

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:01 am**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:We can quibble about exact shades, but it gets us nowhere. I think we can all agree that there is a shorter wavelength ( blue green ) cast to the son-world, and a longer wavelength ( red yellow ) cast to wife-world.
The more important question is what does it mean. It is just a cue to us viewers, or is Britten's view of the world(s) actually changing? I think that it may be the latter. When Bird - the black partner in son-world - hands Britten a taco, he stares at the bag for a few seconds, presumably noting that the writing on the bag is a different color.

I think it's so viewers can have an idea which world he's in, even if they haven't been following closely.

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:07 am**

One of the creators already weighed in on the question of whether any of the worlds is real:

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:52 pm**

NousAutres wrote:One of the creators already weighed in on the question of whether any of the worlds is real:

One of the creators said in an interview that one world was real and the other was a dream. He thought having both worlds be fake would too cliche.

And yet, having one of them a dream isn't very interesting either.

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:57 pm**

Joaz Banbeck wrote:
spoiler:
In the most recent episode, he gets injected with ketamine ( aside: what is ketamine, an animal tranquilizer - doing in a mental hospital? ) which causes hallucinations in both worlds.
So, yes, bodily characteristics and parameters seem to trancend worlds.

NousAutres wrote:One of the creators already weighed in on the question of whether any of the worlds is real:

One of the creators said in an interview that one world was real and the other was a dream. He thought having both worlds be fake would too cliche.

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:22 pm**

NousAutres wrote:One of the creators said in an interview that...

Got a URL for that?

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:27 pm**

its implied here, but I don't know if that is enough http://hellogiggles.com/interview-with- ... r-of-awake

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:31 am**

Also an interview by Jason Isaacs, who is both a producer and the actor who plays Michael Britten supports what I said.

http://www.examiner.com/article/awake-jason-isaacs-interview-reveals-that-one-of-the-worlds-is-real

That said, I like that the question of which world is real is completely secondary in the series. I'm curious to see if they can maintain the nice balance they have going so far should they indicate which world is real and which is a dream.

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:10 pm**

Finally! I found the article I was thinking of when I responded initially.

http://tv.ign.com/articles/122/1220354p1.html

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