Amon Poster and Real World References
As you can see the Amon poster is clearly based on communist propaganda posters.
I am curious as to how this will play out, but one thing is certain, LOK will continue to follow Chinese history i.e. fictionalize historic figures and events, as they did in ATLA.
Remember: Kuei is a play on the last Emperor, Lao Gais were real prison camps and the Air Nomad genocide is a reference to Tibet.
The question I would like to get answered is: What does that mean for the Earth Kingdom?
Was Kuei disposed a long time ago and worked as a gardener (as happened to his RL model)? And who is in charge there now?
Was there a revolution in the EK already and is now coming to Republic City?
Or is the revolution starting in Republic City? Will this be a reverse Taiwan situation, where the Benders flee to the Mainland?
Or is the the Cultural Revolution? Are Amon’s Equalists the Red Guards?
Is ‘Ping’ a play on ‘Deng Xiao Ping’? ‘Amon’ a reference to ‘Mao’?
One thing I know, though: This does not bode well …
Image sources: One, two, three
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What time period is ATLA set in
Implications of The Founding of Republic City i.e. The Promise Part One