Small polyester tents — orange, green, blue — stretched across the grassy quad. Makeshift wooden signs and banners dotted the encampment. Sleeping bags and coolers were scattered on the ground.
The scene resembled one that cropped up across the United States this past spring, when pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up camp at dozens of colleges and universities. But the encampment at Queens College on Tuesday was a case of art imitating life. “F.B.I.: Most Wanted,” a police procedural drama that airs on CBS, had erected it for an upcoming episode involving a climate protest.
The episode will air during the show’s sixth season, capitalizing on a student movement that captured global attention, led to thousands of arrests and fueled debates over activism on American college campuses. The Hollywood version created on Tuesday was decidedly dystopian, featuring an explosion at a campus building and actors holed up in the rubble of the school’s dining hall.
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