I was listening to Matt talking about the struggle to make a difference as an artist in interesting times and hoping to guide and inspire through work on this String and Tell interview published 3 days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz-v3LzSVQo
It made me wonder whether he discussed this with Brennen and it went into choosing the themes for C4, because as we go on we see the meta of a play within a live play, and the play is about a failed rebellion, in a city where the populus is being repressed by wealthy elites. A play about a failed rebellion which will reignite the rebellion. A live stream about people in a repressed population who are doing what they can to fight it, acted by people who, as Matt said, have seen the world they knew eroded and are hoping to find ways to build community and fix it.
It gives me an added appreciation for Brennan and the epic story he's telling, but also to the whole team for committing to this vision. This has the significance and scope of any work of high literature and in a liveplay medium where this simply has not been done before.
Matt even talks in the interview about historical opression and media representation of these themes, which reassures me that I am not imagining these aspects of the plot (unlike sometimes in my usual CR theory crafting ask me about Magpies haha).
Anyway, good interview, deepens my viewing of C4 even more. I am very excited to see Liam's/Hal's play and how it builds upon this!