ENGL108A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Camille Paglia, The Maxx, Antihero
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Makes us feel good when someone is more human than other heroes. The anti hero is just a hero lesser than the reader in some aspect. Sympathetic comfort (feeling that you cannot fit in) We get bored of normal heroes and need something different. Very creative layout, trying to create a living page. Speech bubble is literally bleeding to indicate the person is being attacked. Smaller panels create a faster sense of time. The picture is creating resonating with traditional heroism. The hunch in the panel is built intentionally. Story of post-rape trauma with fantasy intrusions upon reality. Based in combination of jungian psychology with feminism of camille paglia. Consistent themes of anti-climax, psychological repression and idealism vs reality. Maxx is an ineffective coping mechanism in terms of his relationship with julie. Maxx is highly powerful (physically) and highly motivated, but non-functional. Link to reality (outback as the internal reality)