But are those very rules not a reflection of the society they emerge?

they’re what informs the reflection that a specific segment of society wants to emerge, yes. they aren’t what society actually is like. saved by they bell and fresh prince are not what high school was like in the 80s and 90s in california, but they are a reflection of what society wanted to imagine going to high school in the wealthier parts of california was like.

it’s like running everything past the fox censors first. you’ll get a perspective, but it won’t b the director’s. it’ll be fox’s