Beetlejuice

:For the entertainer, see Beetlejuice (entertainer).

Afterlife and bureaucracy

Beetlejuice seems to be inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist novel Les jeux sont faits (1952), in which death as meaningless bureaucracy is prominently featured. Another, although not as extreme example is the 2004 TV series Dead Like Me, in which the characters need to work as grim reapers before they can leave limbo. Also, in the LucasArts adventure game Grim Fandango, people who commit crimes in life are forced to work off their time at the nightmarishly bureaucratic "Department of Death." All these are examples of Bangsian fantasy.

Related Topics:
Jean-Paul Sartre - 1952 - 2004 - Dead Like Me - LucasArts - Grim Fandango - Bangsian fantasy

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