{"id":129486,"date":"2020-12-09T15:16:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-metaphorical-power-of-basements\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:16:40","slug":"the-metaphorical-power-of-basements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-metaphorical-power-of-basements\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Metaphorical Power of Basements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32334ae0e3b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32334ae0e3b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-metaphorical-power-of-basements\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-metaphorical-power-of-basements\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Metaphorical Power of Basements<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8--><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-3094f9f4-e5ae-4a90-8073-5e1f1c402995\"><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video on why basements are such a terrifying cinematic space. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>The only thing worse than having to go down into a basement is watching someone else do it in a movie.<\/p>\n<p>What unseen terrors lie beneath unassuming floorboards and cellar doors? When it comes to basements, hell knows no bounds! You could be greeted by the infernal jaws of a furnace, like poor Kevin McCallister in <em><strong>Home Alone<\/strong><\/em>. Your exposed ankles might get snatched like Ash\u2019s in <em><strong>Evil Dead II<\/strong><\/em>. Or you could stumble in the dark into a putrid lair like in <em><strong>The Silence of the Lambs<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, not all on-screen basements are evil. There are plenty of underground spaces that feel \u2014 dare I say it \u2014 safe and comfy. Or at least safe from harm. But, beneath it all, be it a man cave or a mass grave, all basements have one thing in common: they are pressure cookers of story, stakes, and symbolism.<\/p>\n<p>Out of sight and out of mind, basements can be a metaphorically subconscious space: a literally repressed area of the home where you can be vulnerable, bury your trauma, or squirrel away dark secrets. They can blur the line between a refuge and a prison. And they can physically manifest the stratification of class. As the video essay below argues, basements derive their power not from the dark, but in bringing the unseen, uncomfortable, and unacknowledged to light.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-cb5c278e-8714-4e04-8784-a0ec822608e1\">Watch \u201c<strong>Why Are Basements Scary? Underground Spaces in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a> and TV<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Are Basements Scary? Underground Spaces in Movies and TV\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4syyPho0UEE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"block-f49a75fa-92f4-4dcc-b598-397bc886419b\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-000bddde-10cf-41db-8737-70d24981feaf\">This video essay comes courtesy of\u00a0<strong>Now You See It<\/strong>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel dedicated to film analysis searching for meaning in unexpected places. 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