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Born To Be Alive
Tgis is a truly powerful drama. The matter at the beginning is the survival of not only the Tibetan antelope, but of the nomadic people that live on the Tibetan planes.
the basis of the story is woven around the attempt by the city officials where the drama takes place to bring in funding to help improve and expand the marketability and the profitability of the county itself, so that the city and its residence can prosper. However, there is a great disparity between the need for the prosperity and the dwindling natural resources that come along with those ambitions.
projected mining and harvesting of natural resources would cause a great deal of damage to the environment that the people living in this place need to survive, which includes their culture, their music and their traditions.
initially the mountain patrol team was set up to help survey the area for mineral deposits that might bring money into the government. But after witnessing the slaughter of the Tibetan antelope, the hearts of the patrol team members changed because of the brutality in which the animals were slaughtered and left for scavengers after their valuable hides were taken. They were witness to hundreds of bodies at a time. the patrol team was witness to the decline of the size of the hertz, and the quickly vanishing number of them was quite disturbing as they were facing extinction.
The mountain patrol team was a motley crew of locals, a convicts and a single policewoman who was also a local. the captain of the team appeared to be disagreeable and cranky. However, his attitude was mostly based off the conflict he was feeling between filling out his original obligation of surveying the area and the destruction he was saying that progress was bringing in. everyone else, including the female police officer, all had their own personality and we’re very strong characters in their own right. The team was underfunded, underfed and underrated in importance at government meetings that took place regularly. Whenever funds were allocated to them, those funds were diverted to other emergency situations.
This is the foundation of the entire story.
what I found fascinating about this drama is not only the efforts that were done in real life that were portrayed by this series, but they did not sugarcoat the amount of corruption and greed that accompanied those who were in authority. It was not just on the local level, but higher up in the government chains and in the organizations that were coming to mine and destroy the environment for their profit.
I love the addition of the journalist and hhus role. He not only joining the team for a while, but also in reporting honestly and with great depth, the urgency in protecting this valuable area and the livelihood of its people.
I wish there had been more time spent on the culture of the area, the musics, the beliefs, and the lifestyles of the people who moved from one pasture to another in their nomadic lifestyle. However, I understand the complexity of the events that caused the focus to stay more on the modern issues as this drama is based on a true story.
Some might be disappointed by the lack of human romance, but there is a lot of love that is demonstrated in other ways. Family. Tradition. Environment. Innocence. Friendship. Abd yes, there was romance, but it was subtle and not the focus of the drama.
Tge casting was spot on. Every single cast member was a perfect fit, and they all portrayed their roles as if they were the ones fighting this battle to protect their home.
The plot was multi layered. Filled with angst, conflict, sorrow, anger, and fear, and you could feel every one of those throughout the story.
My hat goes off to everyone involved in the making of this drama. Their dedication and effort brought forth a masterpiece that should resonate with every viewer who loves the people around them and their corner of the planet they inhabit. Inhooe they find the courage and determination to protect their home with love and tenacity, without being polluted by greed and selfishness. And most of all, to realize that the planet we all inhabit is the only one of its kind - and what we use up cannot be replaced.
the basis of the story is woven around the attempt by the city officials where the drama takes place to bring in funding to help improve and expand the marketability and the profitability of the county itself, so that the city and its residence can prosper. However, there is a great disparity between the need for the prosperity and the dwindling natural resources that come along with those ambitions.
projected mining and harvesting of natural resources would cause a great deal of damage to the environment that the people living in this place need to survive, which includes their culture, their music and their traditions.
initially the mountain patrol team was set up to help survey the area for mineral deposits that might bring money into the government. But after witnessing the slaughter of the Tibetan antelope, the hearts of the patrol team members changed because of the brutality in which the animals were slaughtered and left for scavengers after their valuable hides were taken. They were witness to hundreds of bodies at a time. the patrol team was witness to the decline of the size of the hertz, and the quickly vanishing number of them was quite disturbing as they were facing extinction.
The mountain patrol team was a motley crew of locals, a convicts and a single policewoman who was also a local. the captain of the team appeared to be disagreeable and cranky. However, his attitude was mostly based off the conflict he was feeling between filling out his original obligation of surveying the area and the destruction he was saying that progress was bringing in. everyone else, including the female police officer, all had their own personality and we’re very strong characters in their own right. The team was underfunded, underfed and underrated in importance at government meetings that took place regularly. Whenever funds were allocated to them, those funds were diverted to other emergency situations.
This is the foundation of the entire story.
what I found fascinating about this drama is not only the efforts that were done in real life that were portrayed by this series, but they did not sugarcoat the amount of corruption and greed that accompanied those who were in authority. It was not just on the local level, but higher up in the government chains and in the organizations that were coming to mine and destroy the environment for their profit.
I love the addition of the journalist and hhus role. He not only joining the team for a while, but also in reporting honestly and with great depth, the urgency in protecting this valuable area and the livelihood of its people.
I wish there had been more time spent on the culture of the area, the musics, the beliefs, and the lifestyles of the people who moved from one pasture to another in their nomadic lifestyle. However, I understand the complexity of the events that caused the focus to stay more on the modern issues as this drama is based on a true story.
Some might be disappointed by the lack of human romance, but there is a lot of love that is demonstrated in other ways. Family. Tradition. Environment. Innocence. Friendship. Abd yes, there was romance, but it was subtle and not the focus of the drama.
Tge casting was spot on. Every single cast member was a perfect fit, and they all portrayed their roles as if they were the ones fighting this battle to protect their home.
The plot was multi layered. Filled with angst, conflict, sorrow, anger, and fear, and you could feel every one of those throughout the story.
My hat goes off to everyone involved in the making of this drama. Their dedication and effort brought forth a masterpiece that should resonate with every viewer who loves the people around them and their corner of the planet they inhabit. Inhooe they find the courage and determination to protect their home with love and tenacity, without being polluted by greed and selfishness. And most of all, to realize that the planet we all inhabit is the only one of its kind - and what we use up cannot be replaced.
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