whether the whole thing is meant to imply that sending young intellectuals out to forced farm labor in the 60s was a good idea. It's an interesting point; I'd second sakana's response in general. My feeling in general is probably not, for the following reasons: it doesn't seem directly relevant to the show's target audience (young people inside China) or goals (getting young people more interested in and involved with farming). You could say that in that sense it's distantly implied that forced rustication (is that what it's called? did I make that up?) must have been a good thing based on similar logic/Party ideology etc., though my impression is that when Chinese media wants to send a political message it is not subtle about it (and in this case there is no actual reference to that part of history in the show at all, zero). I don't really feel the situations are comparable except in the very broadest of strokes. That said, I just don't have the sociocultural/political/educational/economic awareness of what actually goes on in China to say anything definitely. Hard to know.
(Have they made profit yet? I only know they did not in season 1.) You know I don't know? I don't think it comes up much in season 2. I suspect they have at least paid their debts via their farm produce, concert tour, clothing line etc., given their now huge popularity, but I couldn't say for sure.
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It's an interesting point; I'd second sakana's response in general. My feeling in general is probably not, for the following reasons: it doesn't seem directly relevant to the show's target audience (young people inside China) or goals (getting young people more interested in and involved with farming). You could say that in that sense it's distantly implied that forced rustication (is that what it's called? did I make that up?) must have been a good thing based on similar logic/Party ideology etc., though my impression is that when Chinese media wants to send a political message it is not subtle about it (and in this case there is no actual reference to that part of history in the show at all, zero). I don't really feel the situations are comparable except in the very broadest of strokes.
That said, I just don't have the sociocultural/political/educational/economic awareness of what actually goes on in China to say anything definitely. Hard to know.
(Have they made profit yet? I only know they did not in season 1.)
You know I don't know? I don't think it comes up much in season 2. I suspect they have at least paid their debts via their farm produce, concert tour, clothing line etc., given their now huge popularity, but I couldn't say for sure.