Throughout literature and cinema, the fantasy genre has reflected our struggles. For all of its trappings and tropes—dragons! wizards! quests!—even the most whimsical fantasy offers allegories both personal and universal. What is Harry Potter if not a reminder of the power of love? What is the Lord of the Rings if not Tolkien's search for purpose in a world torn asunder by war? Each week, Game of Thrones wrestles with equality and privilege, and in multiplexes now is Warcraft—a film that, for all its gryphons, dwarves, and night elves, is ultimately a story of desperate refugees (who happen to be orcs).
So what to make of the new fantasy saga Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, which, early on, sets forth a darkly imaginative premise? Vaxxed tosses viewers headfirst into a make-believe land of lurid gibberish: In this sinister fantasy, no one is safe—for in Vaxxed, everyone from your family doctor to President Barack Obama is an agent in a conspiracy that targets the most vulnerable among us.